How To Install evdi-dkms on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install evdi-dkms on Kali Linux. evdi-dkms is Extensible Virtual Display Interface driver kernel module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install evdi-dkms on Kali Linux.

What is evdi-dkms

evdi-dkms is:

The Extensible Virtual Display Interface (EVDI) is a Linux kernel module that enables management of multiple screens, allowing user-space programs to take control over what happens with the image. It is essentially a virtual display you can add, remove and receive screen updates for, in an application that uses the libevdi library.

The module and library is part of the DisplayLink Ubuntu development which enables support for DisplayLink USB 3.0 devices on Ubuntu.

Please note that this is NOT a complete driver for DisplayLink devices.

This package installs the kernel module needed for creating the virtual displays.

There are three methods to install evdi-dkms 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 evdi-dkms Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install evdi-dkms

Install evdi-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install evdi-dkms

Install evdi-dkms 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 evdi-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install evdi-dkms

How To Uninstall evdi-dkms on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the evdi-dkms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove evdi-dkms

Uninstall evdi-dkms And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove evdi-dkms

Remove evdi-dkms Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge evdi-dkms

Remove evdi-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evdi-dkms

Dependencies

evdi-dkms have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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