How To Install libxfixes3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfixes3 on Kali Linux.

What is libxfixes3

libxfixes3 is:

libXfixes provides an X Window System client interface to the ‘XFIXES’ extension to the X protocol.

It provides support for Region types, and some cursor functions.

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

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

There are three methods to install libxfixes3 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 libxfixes3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxfixes3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxfixes3

Install libxfixes3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxfixes3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxfixes3

Install libxfixes3 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 libxfixes3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxfixes3

How To Uninstall libxfixes3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxfixes3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxfixes3

Uninstall libxfixes3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxfixes3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxfixes3

Remove libxfixes3 Configurations and Data

To remove libxfixes3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxfixes3

Remove libxfixes3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxfixes3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxfixes3

Dependencies

libxfixes3 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6

References

• libxfixes3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfixes3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.