How To Install libxmu6 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmu6 on Kali Linux. libxmu6 is X11 miscellaneous utility library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmu6 on Kali Linux.

What is libxmu6

libxmu6 is:

libXmu provides a set of miscellaneous utility convenience functions for X libraries to use. libXmuu is a lighter-weight version that does not depend on libXt or libXext; for more information, see libxmuu1.

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/libXmu

There are three methods to install libxmu6 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 libxmu6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxmu6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxmu6

Install libxmu6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxmu6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxmu6

Install libxmu6 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 libxmu6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxmu6

How To Uninstall libxmu6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxmu6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxmu6

Uninstall libxmu6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxmu6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxmu6

Remove libxmu6 Configurations and Data

To remove libxmu6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxmu6

Remove libxmu6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxmu6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxmu6

Dependencies

libxmu6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxmu6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.