How To Install lxde-settings-daemon on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxde-settings-daemon on Kali Linux.

What is lxde-settings-daemon

lxde-settings-daemon is:

The package contains the LXDE daemon which handles the session settings. It conforms to the FreeDesktop.Org XSettings standard.

LXSession also privides this functionality internally.

There are three methods to install lxde-settings-daemon 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 lxde-settings-daemon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxde-settings-daemon

Install lxde-settings-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lxde-settings-daemon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lxde-settings-daemon

Install lxde-settings-daemon 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 lxde-settings-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lxde-settings-daemon

How To Uninstall lxde-settings-daemon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lxde-settings-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lxde-settings-daemon

Uninstall lxde-settings-daemon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxde-settings-daemon

Remove lxde-settings-daemon Configurations and Data

To remove lxde-settings-daemon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lxde-settings-daemon

Remove lxde-settings-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lxde-settings-daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxde-settings-daemon

Dependencies

lxde-settings-daemon have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libx11-6

References

• lxde-settings-daemon website

Summary

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