How To Install looking-glass-client on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install looking-glass-client on Kali Linux.
What is looking-glass-client
looking-glass-client is:
LookingGlass enables you to use shared memory to pass rendered frames from a virtual machine back to the host system.
A LookingGlass Host implementation is required to run on the guest virtual machine. It is recommended that the client and host versions match. See the README.Debian for more information.
There are three methods to install looking-glass-client 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 looking-glass-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install looking-glass-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install looking-glass-clientInstall looking-glass-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install looking-glass-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install looking-glass-clientInstall looking-glass-client 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install looking-glass-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install looking-glass-clientHow To Uninstall looking-glass-client on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the looking-glass-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove looking-glass-clientUninstall looking-glass-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall looking-glass-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove looking-glass-clientRemove looking-glass-client Configurations and Data
To remove looking-glass-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge looking-glass-clientRemove looking-glass-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove looking-glass-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge looking-glass-clientDependencies
looking-glass-client have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libegl1
- libfontconfig1
- libgl1
- libglu1-mesa
- libgmp10
- libhogweed6
- libnettle8
- libsdl2-2.0-0
- libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0
- libwayland-egl1
- libx11-6
- libxfixes3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install looking-glass-client package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.