How To Install libxkbfile1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbfile1 on Kali Linux.

What is libxkbfile1

libxkbfile1 is:

libxkbfile provides an interface to read and manipulate description files for XKB, the X11 keyboard configuration extension.

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/libxkbfile

There are three methods to install libxkbfile1 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 libxkbfile1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxkbfile1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxkbfile1

Install libxkbfile1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxkbfile1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxkbfile1

Install libxkbfile1 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 libxkbfile1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxkbfile1

How To Uninstall libxkbfile1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxkbfile1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxkbfile1

Uninstall libxkbfile1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxkbfile1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbfile1

Remove libxkbfile1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxkbfile1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbfile1

Remove libxkbfile1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxkbfile1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbfile1

Dependencies

libxkbfile1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6

References

• libxkbfile1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbfile1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.