How To Install arctica-greeter-remote-logon on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arctica-greeter-remote-logon on Kali Linux.

What is arctica-greeter-remote-logon

arctica-greeter-remote-logon is:

A greeter shell for the LightDM login manager. Arctica Greeter can be used as local display manager as well as thin client login manager.

This package adds remote logon support to Arctica Greeter. Remote sessions supported by Arctica Greeter are:

• Arctica Remote Desktop Sessions
• X2Go Desktop Sessions
• Windows RDP sessions (FreeRDP)
• Citrix Remote Desktop Sessions

There are three methods to install arctica-greeter-remote-logon 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 arctica-greeter-remote-logon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install arctica-greeter-remote-logon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install arctica-greeter-remote-logon

Install arctica-greeter-remote-logon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install arctica-greeter-remote-logon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install arctica-greeter-remote-logon

Install arctica-greeter-remote-logon 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 arctica-greeter-remote-logon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arctica-greeter-remote-logon

How To Uninstall arctica-greeter-remote-logon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the arctica-greeter-remote-logon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove arctica-greeter-remote-logon

Uninstall arctica-greeter-remote-logon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall arctica-greeter-remote-logon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arctica-greeter-remote-logon

Remove arctica-greeter-remote-logon Configurations and Data

To remove arctica-greeter-remote-logon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge arctica-greeter-remote-logon

Remove arctica-greeter-remote-logon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove arctica-greeter-remote-logon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arctica-greeter-remote-logon

Dependencies

arctica-greeter-remote-logon have the following dependencies:

• arctica-greeter-guest-session
• remote-logon-service

References

• arctica-greeter-remote-logon website

Summary

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