How To Install libxext-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxext-dev on Kali Linux. libxext-dev is X11 miscellaneous extensions library (development headers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxext-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libxext-dev

libxext-dev is:

libXext provides an X Window System client interface to several extensions to the X protocol.

The supported protocol extensions are:

  • DOUBLE-BUFFER (DBE), the Double Buffer extension;
  • DPMS, the VESA Display Power Management System extension;
  • Extended-Visual-Information (EVI), an extension for gathering extra information about the X server’s visuals;
  • LBX, the Low Bandwidth X extension;
  • MIT-SHM, the MIT X client/server shared memory extension;
  • MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD, a miscellaneous extension by MIT;
  • Multi-Buffering, the multi-buffering and stereo display extension;
  • SECURITY, the X security extension;
  • SHAPE, the non-rectangular shaped window extension;
  • SYNC, the X synchronization extension;
  • TOG-CUP, the Open Group’s Colormap Utilization extension;
  • XC-APPGROUP, the X Consortium’s Application Group extension;
  • XC-MISC, the X Consortium’s resource ID querying extension;
  • XTEST, the X test extension (this is one of two client-side implementations; the other is in the libXtst library, provided by the libxtst6 package);

libXext also provides a small set of utility functions to aid authors of client APIs for X protocol extensions.

This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxext6. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.

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/libXext

There are three methods to install libxext-dev 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 libxext-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxext-dev

Install libxext-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxext-dev

Install libxext-dev 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 libxext-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxext-dev

How To Uninstall libxext-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxext-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxext-dev

Uninstall libxext-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxext-dev

Remove libxext-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libxext-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxext-dev

Remove libxext-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxext-dev

Dependencies

libxext-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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