How To Install lxsession-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxsession-data on Kali Linux.

What is lxsession-data

lxsession-data is:

LXSession is the default session manager for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).

This package provides common files for lxsession and supplementary packages.

There are three methods to install lxsession-data 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 lxsession-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxsession-data

Install lxsession-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lxsession-data

Install lxsession-data 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 lxsession-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lxsession-data

How To Uninstall lxsession-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lxsession-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lxsession-data

Uninstall lxsession-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxsession-data

Remove lxsession-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lxsession-data

Remove lxsession-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxsession-data

Dependencies

lxsession-data have the following dependencies:

References

• lxsession-data website

Summary

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