How To Install lxlock on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lxlock

lxlock is:

LXLock is a GUI application for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).

It’s a simple locking utility for LXDE.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxlock

Install lxlock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lxlock

Install lxlock 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 lxlock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lxlock

How To Uninstall lxlock on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lxlock

Uninstall lxlock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxlock

Remove lxlock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lxlock

Remove lxlock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxlock

Dependencies

lxlock have the following dependencies:

• light-locker

References

• lxlock website

Summary

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