How To Install fprintd-doc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd-doc on Kali Linux.
What is fprintd-doc
fprintd-doc is:
fprintd is a D-Bus daemon that offers libfprint functionality over the D-Bus interprocess communication bus. By adding this daemon layer above libfprint, various problems related to multiple applications simultaneously competing for fingerprint readers get solved.
This package contains the GTK-Doc API documentation of fprintd.
There are three methods to install fprintd-doc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fprintd-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fprintd-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fprintd-docInstall fprintd-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fprintd-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fprintd-docInstall fprintd-doc Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fprintd-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fprintd-docHow To Uninstall fprintd-doc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fprintd-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fprintd-docUninstall fprintd-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fprintd-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fprintd-docRemove fprintd-doc Configurations and Data
To remove fprintd-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fprintd-docRemove fprintd-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fprintd-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fprintd-docDependencies
fprintd-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
