How To Install xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod on Kali Linux.
What is xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod
xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod is:
This package ships the mode BSOD that shows the popular Blue Screens of Death from several OSes including BSD, Windows, Linux, Solaris, Apple and much more.
WARNING: This screensaver could be confused with a real BSOD and could lead an user to reboot the machine with consequences like data loss.
There are three methods to install xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod 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 xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xscreensaver-screensaver-bsodInstall xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xscreensaver-screensaver-bsodInstall xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod 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 xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xscreensaver-screensaver-bsodHow To Uninstall xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xscreensaver-screensaver-bsodUninstall xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xscreensaver-screensaver-bsodRemove xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod Configurations and Data
To remove xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xscreensaver-screensaver-bsodRemove xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xscreensaver-screensaver-bsodDependencies
xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod have the following dependencies:
- xscreensaver-data-extra
- libc6
- libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
- libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libx11-6
- libxext6
- libxft2
- libxmu6
- libxt6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
