How To Install remmina-plugin-spice on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-plugin-spice on Kali Linux.
What is remmina-plugin-spice
remmina-plugin-spice is:
Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks.
Remmina supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistent user interface.
Currently RDP, VNC, SPICE, WWW, NX, XDMCP, EXEC and SSH are supported.
This package contains the Spice plugin for Remmina.
There are three methods to install remmina-plugin-spice 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 remmina-plugin-spice Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install remmina-plugin-spice using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install remmina-plugin-spiceInstall remmina-plugin-spice Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install remmina-plugin-spice using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install remmina-plugin-spiceInstall remmina-plugin-spice 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 remmina-plugin-spice using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install remmina-plugin-spiceHow To Uninstall remmina-plugin-spice on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the remmina-plugin-spice package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove remmina-plugin-spiceUninstall remmina-plugin-spice And Its Dependencies
To uninstall remmina-plugin-spice and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove remmina-plugin-spiceRemove remmina-plugin-spice Configurations and Data
To remove remmina-plugin-spice configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge remmina-plugin-spiceRemove remmina-plugin-spice configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove remmina-plugin-spice configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remmina-plugin-spiceDependencies
remmina-plugin-spice have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-plugin-spice package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
