How To Install libxt6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt6 on Kali Linux.

What is libxt6

libxt6 is:

libXt provides the X Toolkit Intrinsics, an abstract widget library upon which other toolkits are based. Xt is the basis for many toolkits, including the Athena widgets (Xaw), and LessTif (a Motif implementation).

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/libXt

There are three methods to install libxt6 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 libxt6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxt6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxt6

Install libxt6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxt6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxt6

Install libxt6 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 libxt6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxt6

How To Uninstall libxt6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxt6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxt6

Uninstall libxt6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxt6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxt6

Remove libxt6 Configurations and Data

To remove libxt6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxt6

Remove libxt6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxt6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxt6

Dependencies

libxt6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libice6

References

• libxt6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxt6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.