How To Install nx-x11-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nx-x11-common on Kali Linux.

What is nx-x11-common

nx-x11-common is:

NX is a software suite which implements very efficient compression of the X11 protocol. This increases performance when using X applications over a network, especially a slow one.

This package provides all runtime architecture-independent files for nx-X11 Xserver (aka nxagent).

There are three methods to install nx-x11-common 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 nx-x11-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nx-x11-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nx-x11-common

Install nx-x11-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nx-x11-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nx-x11-common

Install nx-x11-common 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 nx-x11-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nx-x11-common

How To Uninstall nx-x11-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nx-x11-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nx-x11-common

Uninstall nx-x11-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nx-x11-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nx-x11-common

Remove nx-x11-common Configurations and Data

To remove nx-x11-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nx-x11-common

Remove nx-x11-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nx-x11-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nx-x11-common

Dependencies

nx-x11-common have the following dependencies:

References

• nx-x11-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nx-x11-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.