How To Install gkrellm-leds on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-leds on Kali Linux.
What is gkrellm-leds
gkrellm-leds is:
gkrellm-leds (aka gkleds) is a GKrellM plugin which monitors the CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock keys and reports their current status via on screen LEDs. This is useful for people who have keyboards without LEDs (typically cordless keyboards).
There are three methods to install gkrellm-leds 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 gkrellm-leds Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gkrellm-leds using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gkrellm-ledsInstall gkrellm-leds Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gkrellm-leds using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gkrellm-ledsInstall gkrellm-leds 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 gkrellm-leds using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gkrellm-ledsHow To Uninstall gkrellm-leds on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gkrellm-leds package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gkrellm-ledsUninstall gkrellm-leds And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gkrellm-leds and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrellm-ledsRemove gkrellm-leds Configurations and Data
To remove gkrellm-leds configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gkrellm-ledsRemove gkrellm-leds configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gkrellm-leds configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrellm-ledsDependencies
gkrellm-leds have the following dependencies:
- gkrellm
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libx11-6
- libxtst6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-leds package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
