How To Install waylandpp-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install waylandpp-dev on Kali Linux.
What is waylandpp-dev
waylandpp-dev 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++ bindings for the development libraries.
There are three methods to install waylandpp-dev 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 waylandpp-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install waylandpp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install waylandpp-devInstall waylandpp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install waylandpp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install waylandpp-devInstall waylandpp-dev 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 waylandpp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install waylandpp-devHow To Uninstall waylandpp-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the waylandpp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove waylandpp-devUninstall waylandpp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall waylandpp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove waylandpp-devRemove waylandpp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove waylandpp-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge waylandpp-devRemove waylandpp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove waylandpp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge waylandpp-devDependencies
waylandpp-dev have the following dependencies:
- libwayland-client++0
- libwayland-client-extra++0
- libwayland-cursor++0
- libwayland-egl++0
- wayland-scanner++
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install waylandpp-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.