How To Install swaylock on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install swaylock on Kali Linux. swaylock is Screen locker for Wayland

Introduction

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

What is swaylock

swaylock is:

swaylock is a screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. It is compatible with any Wayland compositor which implements the following Wayland protocols: wlr-layer-shell, wlr-input-inhibitor, xdg-output, xdg-shell

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install swaylock

Install swaylock Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install swaylock

Install swaylock 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 swaylock using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install swaylock

How To Uninstall swaylock on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove swaylock

Uninstall swaylock And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove swaylock

Remove swaylock Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge swaylock

Remove swaylock configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swaylock

Dependencies

swaylock have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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