How To Install kali-win-kex on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-win-kex
on Kali Linux.
What is kali-win-kex
kali-win-kex is:
This package implements a VNC server and client configuration to launch a Kali GUI desktop in WSL2.
There are three methods to install kali-win-kex
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 kali-win-kex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kali-win-kex
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kali-win-kex
Install kali-win-kex Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kali-win-kex
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kali-win-kex
Install kali-win-kex 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 update
After updating apt database, We can install kali-win-kex
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kali-win-kex
How To Uninstall kali-win-kex on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kali-win-kex
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kali-win-kex
Uninstall kali-win-kex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kali-win-kex
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-win-kex
Remove kali-win-kex Configurations and Data
To remove kali-win-kex
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kali-win-kex
Remove kali-win-kex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kali-win-kex
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-win-kex
Dependencies
kali-win-kex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-win-kex
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.