How to Install and Uninstall hidl-gen Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "hidl-gen" package

Learn how to install hidl-gen on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hidl-gen
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hidl-gen" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall hidl-gen on Kali Linux:


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

Package: hidl-gen
Source: android-platform-system-tools-hidl
Version: 10.0.0+r36-3.1
Installed-Size: 1498
Maintainer: Android Tools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: android-libbase (>= 34.0.4), android-libboringssl (>= 13.0.0+r24), android-liblog (>= 34.0.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1)
Size: 439360
SHA256: 041a5f1db2c92024bbd62b6f9a95dd578e64c8991aef05c1e6a413effcf52452
SHA1: 537224e74412164c3fd5e76cf27e656fd111c7b7
MD5sum: e29a20ef03246b6c64f43c6f29bccef0
Description: Compiler for the HIDL
HAL interface definition language or HIDL is an interface description language
(IDL) to specify the interface between a HAL and its users. It allows
specifying types and method calls, collected into interfaces and packages.
More broadly, HIDL is a system for communicating between codebases that may be
compiled independently.
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https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/hidl/
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/tools/hidl
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/android-platform-system-tools-hidl/hidl-gen_10.0.0+r36-3.1_amd64.deb