How To Install xininfo on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xininfo
on Kali Linux.
What is xininfo
xininfo is:
xininfo is an X11 utility to query the current layout and size of each configured monitor. It is designed to be used by scripts.
There are three methods to install xininfo
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 xininfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xininfo
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xininfo
Install xininfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xininfo
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xininfo
Install xininfo 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 xininfo
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xininfo
How To Uninstall xininfo on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the xininfo
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xininfo
Uninstall xininfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xininfo
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xininfo
Remove xininfo Configurations and Data
To remove xininfo
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xininfo
Remove xininfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xininfo
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xininfo
Dependencies
xininfo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xininfo
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.