How To Install ksystemlog on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ksystemlog

ksystemlog is:

KSystemLog show all logs of your system, grouped by General (Default system log, Authentication, Kernel, X.org…), and optional Services (Apache, Cups, etc, …). It includes many features to read nicely your log files:

• Colorize log lines depending on their severities
• Tabbed view to allow displaying several logs at the same time
• Auto display new lines logged
• Detailed information for each log lines

This package is part of the KDE administration module.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ksystemlog

Install ksystemlog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ksystemlog

Install ksystemlog 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 ksystemlog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ksystemlog

How To Uninstall ksystemlog on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ksystemlog

Uninstall ksystemlog And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ksystemlog

Remove ksystemlog Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ksystemlog

Remove ksystemlog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ksystemlog

Dependencies

ksystemlog have the following dependencies:

• kio
• libc6
• libkf5archive5
• libkf5completion5
• libkf5configcore5
• libkf5configgui5
• libkf5configwidgets5
• libkf5coreaddons5
• libkf5i18n5
• libkf5itemviews5
• libkf5kiocore5
• libkf5kiowidgets5
• libkf5service-bin
• libkf5service5
• libkf5textwidgets5
• libkf5widgetsaddons5
• libkf5xmlgui5
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5printsupport5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6
• libsystemd0

References

• ksystemlog website

Summary

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