How To Install libxpresent1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxpresent1 on Kali Linux.

What is libxpresent1

libxpresent1 is:

libXpresent provides an X Window System client interface to the Present extension to the X protocol.

The Present extension provides a way for applications to update their window contents from a pixmap in a well defined fashion, synchronizing with the display refresh and potentially using a more efficient mechanism than copying the contents of the source pixmap.

More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org

There are three methods to install libxpresent1 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 libxpresent1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxpresent1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxpresent1

Install libxpresent1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxpresent1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxpresent1

Install libxpresent1 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 libxpresent1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxpresent1

How To Uninstall libxpresent1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxpresent1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxpresent1

Uninstall libxpresent1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxpresent1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxpresent1

Remove libxpresent1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxpresent1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxpresent1

Remove libxpresent1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxpresent1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxpresent1

Dependencies

libxpresent1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6

References

• libxpresent1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxpresent1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.