How To Install qshutdown on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is qshutdown

qshutdown is:

qshutdown is a Qt program to shutdown/reboot/suspend/hibernate the computer at a given time or after a certain number of minutes. It shows the time until the corresponding request is send to either the Gnome- or KDE-session-manager, to HAL or to DeviceKit and if none of these works the command ‘sudo shutdown -P now’ is used. This program may be useful for people who want to work with the computer only for a certain time.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qshutdown

Install qshutdown Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qshutdown

Install qshutdown 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 qshutdown using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qshutdown

How To Uninstall qshutdown on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove qshutdown

Uninstall qshutdown And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qshutdown

Remove qshutdown Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qshutdown

Remove qshutdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qshutdown

Dependencies

qshutdown have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• qshutdown website

Summary

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