How To Install lxhotkey-gtk on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxhotkey-gtk on Kali Linux.

What is lxhotkey-gtk

lxhotkey-gtk is:

LXHotkey is an universal application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) which allows view and change global keyboard shortcuts for Window Manager actions, including ones to start applications.

This package contains a GTK+ 2.0 GUI plugin.

There are three methods to install lxhotkey-gtk 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 lxhotkey-gtk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxhotkey-gtk

Install lxhotkey-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lxhotkey-gtk

Install lxhotkey-gtk 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 lxhotkey-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lxhotkey-gtk

How To Uninstall lxhotkey-gtk on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lxhotkey-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lxhotkey-gtk

Uninstall lxhotkey-gtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxhotkey-gtk

Remove lxhotkey-gtk Configurations and Data

To remove lxhotkey-gtk configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lxhotkey-gtk

Remove lxhotkey-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxhotkey-gtk

Dependencies

lxhotkey-gtk have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• lxhotkey-core

References

• lxhotkey-gtk website

Summary

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