How To Install xinput-calibrator on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xinput-calibrator on Kali Linux.

What is xinput-calibrator

xinput-calibrator is:

xinput-calibrator is a tool to calibrate touchscreens under X.Org. Its features include:

• work for any Xorg driver (use Xinput to get axis valuators);
• output the calibration as Xorg.conf, HAL policy and udev rule;
• support advanced driver options, such as Evdev’s dynamic calibration;
• have a very intuitive GUI (normal X client);

There are three methods to install xinput-calibrator 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 xinput-calibrator Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xinput-calibrator

Install xinput-calibrator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xinput-calibrator

Install xinput-calibrator 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 xinput-calibrator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xinput-calibrator

How To Uninstall xinput-calibrator on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xinput-calibrator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xinput-calibrator

Uninstall xinput-calibrator And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xinput-calibrator

Remove xinput-calibrator Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xinput-calibrator

Remove xinput-calibrator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xinput-calibrator

Dependencies

xinput-calibrator have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• xinput-calibrator website

Summary

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