How To Install unclutter-startup on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unclutter-startup on Kali Linux.

What is unclutter-startup

unclutter-startup is:

This package contains the integration of unclutter respectively unclutter-xfixes into /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ so that it can be automatically started for all users of a system.

There are three methods to install unclutter-startup 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 unclutter-startup Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install unclutter-startup

Install unclutter-startup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install unclutter-startup

Install unclutter-startup 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 unclutter-startup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unclutter-startup

How To Uninstall unclutter-startup on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the unclutter-startup package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unclutter-startup

Uninstall unclutter-startup And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unclutter-startup

Remove unclutter-startup Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge unclutter-startup

Remove unclutter-startup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unclutter-startup

Dependencies

unclutter-startup have the following dependencies:

• debconf

References

• unclutter-startup website

Summary

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