How To Install rss-glx on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rss-glx on Kali Linux.
What is rss-glx
rss-glx is:
rss-glx is a GLX port of the Really Slick Screensavers collection by Terry Welsh (http://www.reallyslick.com/). Also included are several other OpenGL screensavers ported from other platforms.
The screensavers can either be run as stand-alone applications or get integrated into XScreenSaver’s list of active screensavers. More information about using these with xscreensaver can be found in /usr/share/doc/rss-glx.
Screensavers included in this package are: Biof, Busy Spheres, Colorfire, Cyclone, Drempels, Euphoria, Feedback, Fieldlines, Flocks, Flux, Helios, Hufo’s Smoke, Hufo’s Tunnel, Hyperspace, Lattice, Lorenz Attractor, MatrixView, Plasma, Pixel City, Skyrocket, Solarwinds, SpirographX, and Sundancer2.
There are three methods to install rss-glx 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 rss-glx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install rss-glx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rss-glxInstall rss-glx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install rss-glx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rss-glxInstall rss-glx 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install rss-glx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rss-glxHow To Uninstall rss-glx on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the rss-glx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rss-glxUninstall rss-glx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rss-glx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rss-glxRemove rss-glx Configurations and Data
To remove rss-glx configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rss-glxRemove rss-glx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rss-glx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rss-glxDependencies
rss-glx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rss-glx package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
