How To Install remote-logon-config-agent on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install remote-logon-config-agent on Kali Linux.

What is remote-logon-config-agent

remote-logon-config-agent is:

This tiny Python tool is part of the Arctica Greeter display manager.

The remote-logon-config-agent fetches JSON based remote server information from a brokerage host (formerly known as UCCS, a service run by Canonical Ltd. around 2012-2014).

This tool gets used by the DBus service ‘remote-logon-service’. The retrieved information is then handed over by the DBus service to Arctica Greeter.

The retrieved information can be obtained from a remote desktop brokerage service like Arctica Server (with brokerage support) or from the X2Go Session Broker.

In Arctica Greeter, the logon information is presented to the user for starting up remote desktop sessions on Arctica, X2Go or RDP / Citrix servers.

There are three methods to install remote-logon-config-agent 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 remote-logon-config-agent Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install remote-logon-config-agent using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install remote-logon-config-agent

Install remote-logon-config-agent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install remote-logon-config-agent using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install remote-logon-config-agent

Install remote-logon-config-agent 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 remote-logon-config-agent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install remote-logon-config-agent

How To Uninstall remote-logon-config-agent on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the remote-logon-config-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove remote-logon-config-agent

Uninstall remote-logon-config-agent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall remote-logon-config-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove remote-logon-config-agent

Remove remote-logon-config-agent Configurations and Data

To remove remote-logon-config-agent configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge remote-logon-config-agent

Remove remote-logon-config-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove remote-logon-config-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remote-logon-config-agent

Dependencies

remote-logon-config-agent have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• remote-logon-config-agent website

Summary

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