How To Install libxdamage1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdamage1 on Kali Linux.

What is libxdamage1

libxdamage1 is:

libXdamage provides an X Window System client interface to the DAMAGE extension to the X protocol.

The Damage extension provides for notification of when on-screen regions have been ‘damaged’ (altered).

More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org

This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXdamage

There are three methods to install libxdamage1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libxdamage1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxdamage1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxdamage1

Install libxdamage1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxdamage1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxdamage1

Install libxdamage1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libxdamage1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxdamage1

How To Uninstall libxdamage1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxdamage1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxdamage1

Uninstall libxdamage1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxdamage1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxdamage1

Remove libxdamage1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxdamage1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxdamage1

Remove libxdamage1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxdamage1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxdamage1

Dependencies

libxdamage1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6

References

• libxdamage1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdamage1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.