How To Install remmina-plugin-exec on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install remmina-plugin-exec on Kali Linux.

What is remmina-plugin-exec

remmina-plugin-exec is:

Remmina is a remote desktop client written in GTK+, aiming to be useful for system administrators and travellers, who need to work with lots of remote computers in front of either large monitors or tiny netbooks.

Remmina supports multiple network protocols in an integrated and consistent user interface.

Currently RDP, VNC, SPICE, WWW, NX, XDMCP, EXEC and SSH are supported.

This package contains the EXEC plugin for Remmina.

There are three methods to install remmina-plugin-exec 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 remmina-plugin-exec Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install remmina-plugin-exec

Install remmina-plugin-exec Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install remmina-plugin-exec using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install remmina-plugin-exec

Install remmina-plugin-exec 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 remmina-plugin-exec using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install remmina-plugin-exec

How To Uninstall remmina-plugin-exec on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the remmina-plugin-exec package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove remmina-plugin-exec

Uninstall remmina-plugin-exec And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove remmina-plugin-exec

Remove remmina-plugin-exec Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge remmina-plugin-exec

Remove remmina-plugin-exec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remmina-plugin-exec

Dependencies

remmina-plugin-exec have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• remmina

References

• remmina-plugin-exec website

Summary

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