How To Install ukui-greeter on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ukui-greeter on Kali Linux. ukui-greeter is Lightdm greeter for UKUI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ukui-greeter on Kali Linux.

What is ukui-greeter

ukui-greeter is:

A greeter for UKUI desktop environment written by Qt5. The greeter supports biometric authentication which is provided by biometric-authentication service.

There are three methods to install ukui-greeter 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 ukui-greeter Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ukui-greeter

Install ukui-greeter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ukui-greeter

Install ukui-greeter 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 ukui-greeter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ukui-greeter

How To Uninstall ukui-greeter on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ukui-greeter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ukui-greeter

Uninstall ukui-greeter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ukui-greeter

Remove ukui-greeter Configurations and Data

To remove ukui-greeter configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ukui-greeter

Remove ukui-greeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ukui-greeter

Dependencies

ukui-greeter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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