How to Install and Uninstall libgpm2 Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 09,2025

1. Install "libgpm2" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libgpm2 on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgpm2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgpm2" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libgpm2 on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgpm2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgpm2 package on Kali Linux

Package: libgpm2
Source: gpm (1.20.7-10)
Version: 1.20.7-10+b2
Installed-Size: 45
Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33)
Suggests: gpm
Size: 14236
SHA256: df143d4b7f8a2a67708ace531413d4b4732e28e3e9b8a861cf293255f7338878
SHA1: 4ff138caa940d0cb20d400aaea5ca3f675cb5aa3
MD5sum: c6af819f5ced4b2102b35752b2438275
Description: General Purpose Mouse - shared library
This package provides a library that handles mouse requests
and delivers them to applications. See the description for the 'gpm'
package for more information.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://nico.schottelius.org/software/gpm/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gpm/libgpm2_1.20.7-10+b2_amd64.deb