How To Install libxkbcommon0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon0 on Kali Linux. libxkbcommon0 is library interface to the XKB compiler - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon0 on Kali Linux.

What is libxkbcommon0

libxkbcommon0 is:

This package provides 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.

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 libxkbcommon0 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 libxkbcommon0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxkbcommon0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxkbcommon0

Install libxkbcommon0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxkbcommon0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxkbcommon0

Install libxkbcommon0 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 libxkbcommon0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxkbcommon0

How To Uninstall libxkbcommon0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxkbcommon0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxkbcommon0

Uninstall libxkbcommon0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxkbcommon0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbcommon0

Remove libxkbcommon0 Configurations and Data

To remove libxkbcommon0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbcommon0

Remove libxkbcommon0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxkbcommon0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbcommon0

Dependencies

libxkbcommon0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbcommon0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.