How To Install xbacklight on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xbacklight

xbacklight is:

xbacklight is a simple command-line utility to set the backlight level using the RandR 1.2 Backlight output property.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xbacklight

Install xbacklight Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xbacklight

Install xbacklight 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 xbacklight using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xbacklight

How To Uninstall xbacklight on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xbacklight

Uninstall xbacklight And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xbacklight

Remove xbacklight Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xbacklight

Remove xbacklight configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xbacklight

Dependencies

xbacklight have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libxcb-randr0
• libxcb-util1
• libxcb1

References

• xbacklight website

Summary

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