How To Install mesa-utils-extra on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-utils-extra on Kali Linux. mesa-utils-extra is Miscellaneous Mesa utilies (opengles, egl)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-utils-extra on Kali Linux.

What is mesa-utils-extra

mesa-utils-extra is:

This package provides several basic utilities built from Mesa, including es2gears, es2_info and es2tri

There are three methods to install mesa-utils-extra 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 mesa-utils-extra Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mesa-utils-extra

Install mesa-utils-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mesa-utils-extra using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mesa-utils-extra

Install mesa-utils-extra 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 mesa-utils-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mesa-utils-extra

How To Uninstall mesa-utils-extra on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mesa-utils-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mesa-utils-extra

Uninstall mesa-utils-extra And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mesa-utils-extra

Remove mesa-utils-extra Configurations and Data

To remove mesa-utils-extra configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mesa-utils-extra

Remove mesa-utils-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mesa-utils-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mesa-utils-extra

Dependencies

mesa-utils-extra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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