How to Install and Uninstall weston Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "weston" package

This tutorial shows how to install weston on Kali Linux


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall weston on Kali Linux:


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

Package: weston
Version: 13.0.0-4
Installed-Size: 4752
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libweston-8-dev
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.108), libegl1, libevdev2 (>= 0.9.1), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libgbm1 (>= 21.3.0~rc1), libgles2, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libinput10 (>= 1.4.0), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.22.0), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.30.0), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2), libsystemd0, libudev1 (>= 183), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.22.0), libwayland-cursor0 (>= 1.22.0), libwayland-egl1 (>= 1.22.0), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.22.0), libwebp7 (>= 1.3.2), libweston-13-0 (>= 13.0.0), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0)
Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri
Suggests: wayland-utils
Conflicts: libweston-8-dev
Breaks: libweston-8-dev
Size: 899412
SHA256: 33148f94a32fd5148b5e8e1507a1ddecb51b31b2e6001c0dfde987db612bad3a
SHA1: 7a3c0c40b71836888541024f0db2feca171c5f84
MD5sum: a543af954cab01d5376a7313893cf758
Description: reference implementation of a wayland compositor
Part of the Wayland project is also the Weston reference implementation
of a Wayland compositor. Weston can run as an X client or under Linux
KMS and ships with a few demo clients. The Weston compositor is a minimal
and fast compositor and is suitable for many embedded and mobile use
cases.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/weston/weston_13.0.0-4_amd64.deb