How To Install libxshmfence1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxshmfence1 on Kali Linux.

What is libxshmfence1

libxshmfence1 is:

This library provides an interface to shared-memory fences for synchronization between the X server and direct-rendering clients.

This package contains the xshmfence shared library.

There are three methods to install libxshmfence1 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 libxshmfence1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxshmfence1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxshmfence1

Install libxshmfence1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxshmfence1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxshmfence1

Install libxshmfence1 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 libxshmfence1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxshmfence1

How To Uninstall libxshmfence1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxshmfence1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxshmfence1

Uninstall libxshmfence1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxshmfence1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxshmfence1

Remove libxshmfence1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxshmfence1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxshmfence1

Remove libxshmfence1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxshmfence1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxshmfence1

Dependencies

libxshmfence1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libxshmfence1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxshmfence1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.