How To Install libxkbregistry-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbregistry-dev on Kali Linux. libxkbregistry-dev is library to query available RMLVO - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxkbregistry-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libxkbregistry-dev

libxkbregistry-dev is:

This package provides an add-on library called xkbregistry, which is used to query the available RMLVO instead of parsing evdev.xml directly.

This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxkbregistry0. 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 libxkbregistry-dev 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 libxkbregistry-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxkbregistry-dev

Install libxkbregistry-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxkbregistry-dev

Install libxkbregistry-dev 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 libxkbregistry-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxkbregistry-dev

How To Uninstall libxkbregistry-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxkbregistry-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxkbregistry-dev

Uninstall libxkbregistry-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxkbregistry-dev

Remove libxkbregistry-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libxkbregistry-dev

Remove libxkbregistry-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxkbregistry-dev

Dependencies

libxkbregistry-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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