How To Install libxklavier16 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxklavier16 on Kali Linux.

What is libxklavier16

libxklavier16 is:

Libxklavier provides programmers an API for high(er) level access to the X Keyboard Extension, to ease creating XKB related applications.

There are three methods to install libxklavier16 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 libxklavier16 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxklavier16 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxklavier16

Install libxklavier16 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxklavier16 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxklavier16

Install libxklavier16 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 libxklavier16 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxklavier16

How To Uninstall libxklavier16 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxklavier16 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxklavier16

Uninstall libxklavier16 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxklavier16 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxklavier16

Remove libxklavier16 Configurations and Data

To remove libxklavier16 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxklavier16

Remove libxklavier16 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxklavier16 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxklavier16

Dependencies

libxklavier16 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libx11-6
• libxi6

References

• libxklavier16 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxklavier16 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.