How To Install libxxf86vm1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxxf86vm1 on Kali Linux.

What is libxxf86vm1

libxxf86vm1 is:

libXxf86vm provides an interface to the XFree86-VidModeExtension extension, which allows client applications to get and set video mode timings in extensive detail. It is used by the xvidtune program in particular.

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/libXxf86vm

There are three methods to install libxxf86vm1 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 libxxf86vm1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxxf86vm1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxxf86vm1

Install libxxf86vm1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxxf86vm1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxxf86vm1

Install libxxf86vm1 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 libxxf86vm1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxxf86vm1

How To Uninstall libxxf86vm1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxxf86vm1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxxf86vm1

Uninstall libxxf86vm1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxxf86vm1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxxf86vm1

Remove libxxf86vm1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxxf86vm1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxxf86vm1

Remove libxxf86vm1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxxf86vm1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxxf86vm1

Dependencies

libxxf86vm1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6

References

• libxxf86vm1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxxf86vm1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.