How To Install libxkbcommon-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon-doc on Kali Linux. libxkbcommon-doc is library interface to the XKB compiler - documentation

Introduction

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

What is libxkbcommon-doc

libxkbcommon-doc is:

xkbcommon is a library to handle keyboard descriptions, including loading them from disk, parsing them and handling their state. It’s mainly meant for client toolkits, window systems, and other system applications; currently that includes Wayland, kmscon, GTK+, Clutter, and more.

This package contains the documentation files for the library found in libxkbcommon0. 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 https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon.git

There are three methods to install libxkbcommon-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 libxkbcommon-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 libxkbcommon-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxkbcommon-doc

Install libxkbcommon-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxkbcommon-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxkbcommon-doc

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libxkbcommon-doc

Uninstall libxkbcommon-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbcommon-doc

Remove libxkbcommon-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbcommon-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxkbcommon-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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