How To Install gnome-remote-desktop on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-remote-desktop on Kali Linux.
What is gnome-remote-desktop
gnome-remote-desktop is:
This daemon enables GNOME to offer remote desktop sharing using VNC with PipeWire. It supports both GNOME on X and GNOME on Wayland. Remote sharing can be enabled and managed in the GNOME Settings app.
This feature will not work on Ubuntu until mutter is recompiled with the remote desktop option enabled.
There are three methods to install gnome-remote-desktop 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 gnome-remote-desktop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-remote-desktop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-remote-desktopInstall gnome-remote-desktop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-remote-desktop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-remote-desktopInstall gnome-remote-desktop 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 gnome-remote-desktop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-remote-desktopHow To Uninstall gnome-remote-desktop on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnome-remote-desktop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-remote-desktopUninstall gnome-remote-desktop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-remote-desktop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-remote-desktopRemove gnome-remote-desktop Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-remote-desktop configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-remote-desktopRemove gnome-remote-desktop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-remote-desktop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-remote-desktopDependencies
gnome-remote-desktop have the following dependencies:
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfreerdp2-2
- libglib2.0-0
- libnotify4
- libpipewire-0.3-0
- libsecret-1-0
- libvncserver1
- libwinpr2-2
- gnome-shell
- libmutter-7-0
- pipewire
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-remote-desktop package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.