How To Install multilockscreen on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install multilockscreen on Kali Linux. multilockscreen is i3lock wrapper with multi-monitor support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install multilockscreen on Kali Linux.

What is multilockscreen

multilockscreen is:

Multilockscreen allows you to cache images with different effects and adds a stylish indicator for i3lock-color.

There are three methods to install multilockscreen 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 multilockscreen Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install multilockscreen

Install multilockscreen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install multilockscreen using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install multilockscreen

Install multilockscreen 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 multilockscreen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install multilockscreen

How To Uninstall multilockscreen on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the multilockscreen package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove multilockscreen

Uninstall multilockscreen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove multilockscreen

Remove multilockscreen Configurations and Data

To remove multilockscreen configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge multilockscreen

Remove multilockscreen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multilockscreen

Dependencies

multilockscreen have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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