How to Install and Uninstall libsm6 Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libsm6" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libsm6 on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libsm6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsm6" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libsm6 on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libsm6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libsm6 package on Kali Linux

Package: libsm6
Source: libsm
Version: 2:1.2.3-1
Installed-Size: 73
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Size: 35108
SHA256: 22a420890489023346f30fecef14ea900a0788e7bf959ef826aabb83944fccfb
SHA1: 50a6d70014ec364e107ce72dd7258418affb1aef
MD5sum: c1f33b6bf531349d64538235eb308841
Description: X11 Session Management library
This package provides the main interface to the X11 Session Management
library, which allows for applications to both manage sessions, and make use
of session managers to save and restore their state for later use.
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This module can be found at
git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libSM
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.x.org
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libs/libsm/libsm6_1.2.3-1_amd64.deb