How to Install and Uninstall glx-diversions Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "glx-diversions" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install glx-diversions on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                glx-diversions
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "glx-diversions" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall glx-diversions on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                glx-diversions
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the glx-diversions package on Kali Linux

Package: glx-diversions
Source: glx-alternatives
Version: 1.2.2
Installed-Size: 35
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: glx-alternative-mesa (= 1.2.2)
Pre-Depends: nvidia-installer-cleanup
Size: 7408
SHA256: 7548ef0f58d2ff3ac1ecdb019c6581caf9ee9ea5e2eb23e7f5195e6aa8dff165
SHA1: 41c745866002d2468de27f59c478a2bc7618e063
MD5sum: 8256cc436a113cfab6f3eaeaaa1f107b
Description: prepare for using accelerated GLX implementations from GPU vendors
Diverts the free libGL.so implementation (MESA) and the xserver module
libglx.so (Xorg), preparing the system for plugging in accelerated
implementations from GPU vendors via alternatives, see the
glx-alternative-* packages.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: contrib/libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/contrib/g/glx-alternatives/glx-diversions_1.2.2_amd64.deb