How To Install wayland-scanner++ on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wayland-scanner++
on Kali Linux.
What is wayland-scanner++
wayland-scanner++ is:
Wayland is a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a C library implementation of that protocol. The compositor can be a standalone display server running on Linux kernel modesetting and evdev input devices, an X application, or a wayland client itself. The clients can be traditional applications, X servers (rootless or fullscreen) or other display servers.
This package ships the C++ code generator binary.
There are three methods to install wayland-scanner++
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 wayland-scanner++ Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install wayland-scanner++
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install wayland-scanner++ Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install wayland-scanner++
using apt
by running the following command:
Install wayland-scanner++ 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.
After updating apt database, We can install wayland-scanner++
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall wayland-scanner++ on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the wayland-scanner++
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall wayland-scanner++ And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wayland-scanner++
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove wayland-scanner++ Configurations and Data
To remove wayland-scanner++
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove wayland-scanner++ configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wayland-scanner++
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
wayland-scanner++ have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wayland-scanner++
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.