How To Install libxdot4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdot4 on Kali Linux.

What is libxdot4

libxdot4 is:

Graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools. See the description of the graphviz package for a full description.

This package contains the xdot library.

There are three methods to install libxdot4 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 libxdot4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxdot4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxdot4

Install libxdot4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxdot4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxdot4

Install libxdot4 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 libxdot4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxdot4

How To Uninstall libxdot4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxdot4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxdot4

Uninstall libxdot4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxdot4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxdot4

Remove libxdot4 Configurations and Data

To remove libxdot4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxdot4

Remove libxdot4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxdot4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxdot4

Dependencies

libxdot4 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libxdot4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxdot4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.