How To Install kscreenlocker-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kscreenlocker-dev on Kali Linux. kscreenlocker-dev is Development files for kscreenlocker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kscreenlocker-dev on Kali Linux.

What is kscreenlocker-dev

kscreenlocker-dev is:

KDE systemsettings module to configure kscreenlocker.

kscreenlocker can be configured to support the PAM (“Pluggable Authentication Modules”) system for password checking (for unlocking the display).

PAM is a flexible application-transparent configurable user-authentication system found on FreeBSD, Solaris, and Linux (and maybe other unixes).

Information about PAM may be found on its homepage http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ (Despite the location, this information is NOT Linux-specific.)

This package contains development files for kscreenlocker.

There are three methods to install kscreenlocker-dev 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 kscreenlocker-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kscreenlocker-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kscreenlocker-dev

Install kscreenlocker-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kscreenlocker-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kscreenlocker-dev

Install kscreenlocker-dev 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 kscreenlocker-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kscreenlocker-dev

How To Uninstall kscreenlocker-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kscreenlocker-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kscreenlocker-dev

Uninstall kscreenlocker-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kscreenlocker-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kscreenlocker-dev

Remove kscreenlocker-dev Configurations and Data

To remove kscreenlocker-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kscreenlocker-dev

Remove kscreenlocker-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kscreenlocker-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kscreenlocker-dev

Dependencies

kscreenlocker-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kscreenlocker-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.