How To Install xdg-dbus-proxy on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-dbus-proxy on Kali Linux.
What is xdg-dbus-proxy
xdg-dbus-proxy is:
xdg-dbus-proxy is a filtering proxy for D-Bus connections. It was originally part of the Flatpak project, but it has been broken out as a standalone module to facilitate using it in other contexts, for example in WebKit-GTK’s optional bubblewrap-based sandbox.
For this proxy to be useful, restricted D-Bus clients must be denied access to the normal D-Bus socket (for example by using containers or AppArmor rules), and instead given access to the listening Unix socket created by the proxy (typically by bind-mounting it into a Linux container).
There are three methods to install xdg-dbus-proxy 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 xdg-dbus-proxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install xdg-dbus-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xdg-dbus-proxyInstall xdg-dbus-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install xdg-dbus-proxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xdg-dbus-proxyInstall xdg-dbus-proxy 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 xdg-dbus-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xdg-dbus-proxyHow To Uninstall xdg-dbus-proxy on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the xdg-dbus-proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xdg-dbus-proxyUninstall xdg-dbus-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xdg-dbus-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdg-dbus-proxyRemove xdg-dbus-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove xdg-dbus-proxy configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xdg-dbus-proxyRemove xdg-dbus-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xdg-dbus-proxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdg-dbus-proxyDependencies
xdg-dbus-proxy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xdg-dbus-proxy package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.