How To Install xdmx on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xdmx

xdmx is:

Xdmx is a proxy X server that uses one or more other X servers as its display device(s). It provides multi-head X functionality for displays that might be located on different machines. Xdmx functions as a front-end X server that acts as a proxy to a set of back-end X servers. All of the visible rendering is passed to the back-end X servers. Clients connect to the Xdmx front-end, and everything appears as it would in a regular multi-head configuration. If Xinerama is enabled (e.g., with +xinerama on the command line), the clients see a single large screen.

More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.x.org

This package is built from the X.org xserver module.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xdmx

Install xdmx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xdmx

Install xdmx 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 xdmx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xdmx

How To Uninstall xdmx on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xdmx

Uninstall xdmx And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdmx

Remove xdmx Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xdmx

Remove xdmx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdmx

Dependencies

xdmx have the following dependencies:

• xserver-common

References

• xdmx website

Summary

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