How To Install libxi6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxi6 on Kali Linux.

What is libxi6

libxi6 is:

libXi provides an X Window System client interface to the XINPUT extension to the X protocol.

The Input extension allows setup and configuration of multiple input devices, and hotplugging of input devices (to be added and removed on the fly).

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/libXi

There are three methods to install libxi6 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 libxi6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxi6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxi6

Install libxi6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxi6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxi6

Install libxi6 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 libxi6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxi6

How To Uninstall libxi6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxi6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxi6

Uninstall libxi6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxi6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxi6

Remove libxi6 Configurations and Data

To remove libxi6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxi6

Remove libxi6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxi6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxi6

Dependencies

libxi6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6

References

• libxi6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxi6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.