How To Install libxext-doc on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is libxext-doc

libxext-doc 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 documentation for the included protocol extension libraries. 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-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxext-doc

Install libxext-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxext-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxext-doc

How To Uninstall libxext-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libxext-doc

Uninstall libxext-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxext-doc

Remove libxext-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libxext-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxext-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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