How To Install virt-viewer on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-viewer on Kali Linux.
What is virt-viewer
virt-viewer is:
The console is accessed using the VNC or SPICE protocol. The guest can be referred to based on its name, ID, or UUID. If the guest is not already running, then the viewer can be told to wait until is starts before attempting to connect to the console The viewer can connect to remote hosts to lookup the console information and then also connect to the remote console using the same network transport.
There are three methods to install virt-viewer 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 virt-viewer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install virt-viewer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install virt-viewerInstall virt-viewer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install virt-viewer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install virt-viewerInstall virt-viewer 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 virt-viewer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install virt-viewerHow To Uninstall virt-viewer on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the virt-viewer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove virt-viewerUninstall virt-viewer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall virt-viewer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove virt-viewerRemove virt-viewer Configurations and Data
To remove virt-viewer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge virt-viewerRemove virt-viewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove virt-viewer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virt-viewerDependencies
virt-viewer have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgovirt2
- libgtk-3-0
- libgtk-vnc-2.0-0
- libgvnc-1.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- librest-0.7-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libspice-client-glib-2.0-8
- libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5
- libvirt-glib-1.0-0
- libvirt0
- libxml2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-viewer package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.