How To Install xorg-server-source on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-server-source on Kali Linux.

What is xorg-server-source

xorg-server-source is:

This package provides original Debian (with Debian patches already applied, and autotools files updated) sources for the X.Org (‘Xorg’) X server shipped in a tarball. This enables other projects re-using X server codebase (e.g. VNC servers) to (re-)use officially Debian-supported version of the X xserver for their builds.

Unless you are building a software product using X server sources, you probably want xserver-xorg and/or xserver-xorg-core instead.

There are three methods to install xorg-server-source 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 xorg-server-source Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xorg-server-source using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xorg-server-source

Install xorg-server-source Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xorg-server-source using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xorg-server-source

Install xorg-server-source 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 xorg-server-source using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xorg-server-source

How To Uninstall xorg-server-source on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xorg-server-source package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xorg-server-source

Uninstall xorg-server-source And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xorg-server-source

Remove xorg-server-source Configurations and Data

To remove xorg-server-source configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xorg-server-source

Remove xorg-server-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xorg-server-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xorg-server-source

Dependencies

xorg-server-source have the following dependencies:

References

• xorg-server-source website

Summary

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