How To Install screenkey on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is screenkey

screenkey is:

Screenkey is a screencast tool to display your keys inspired by Screenflick for Mac OS and based initially on key-mon project.

It??s useful to create screencasts and is also a powerful teaching tool.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install screenkey

Install screenkey Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install screenkey

Install screenkey 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 screenkey using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install screenkey

How To Uninstall screenkey on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove screenkey

Uninstall screenkey And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove screenkey

Remove screenkey Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge screenkey

Remove screenkey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge screenkey

Dependencies

screenkey have the following dependencies:

• python3-cairo
• python3-gi
• python3

References

• screenkey website

Summary

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