How To Install wx-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wx-common on Kali Linux.

What is wx-common

wx-common is:

wxWidgets (formerly known as wxWindows) is a class library for C++ providing GUI components and other facilities on several popular platforms (and some unpopular ones as well).

This package provides common support files not bound to any particular wxWidgets release, such as font metrics required by some ports, and miscellaneous developer aids and binary utilities.

There are three methods to install wx-common 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 wx-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wx-common

Install wx-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wx-common

Install wx-common 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 wx-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wx-common

How To Uninstall wx-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wx-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wx-common

Uninstall wx-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wx-common

Remove wx-common Configurations and Data

To remove wx-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wx-common

Remove wx-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wx-common

Dependencies

wx-common have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• libwxbase3.0-0v5

References

• wx-common website

Summary

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