How To Install remote-logon-service on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install remote-logon-service on Kali Linux. remote-logon-service is DBus service for tracking available remote logon servers

Introduction

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

What is `remote-logon-service`

remote-logon-service is:

The ‘remote-logon-service’ DBus service obtains its data from the Python script ‘remote-logon-config-agent’. The retrieved information is then handed over to Arctica Greeter.

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-service 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-service 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-service using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install remote-logon-service

Install remote-logon-service Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install remote-logon-service

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

sudo aptitude -y install remote-logon-service

How To Uninstall remote-logon-service on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove remote-logon-service

Uninstall remote-logon-service And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove remote-logon-service

Remove remote-logon-service Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge remote-logon-service

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remote-logon-service

Dependencies

remote-logon-service have the following dependencies:

References

remote-logon-service website

Summary

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