How To Install desktop-autoloader on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-autoloader on Kali Linux.
What is desktop-autoloader
desktop-autoloader is:
This package is for diskless Linux clients as you often find them in school class rooms running an LTSP based fat client environment.
The logon into and the initial session startup on such diskless workstations can be considerably slow, because all applications need to be fetched from one server hosting the fat clients’ filesystem.
The situation gets worse, if 24 computers in the same class room get switched on simultaneously or the teacher tells the students to open the same application (e.g. Libreoffice) at the same time.
However, this issue only occurs to the first student using a diskless workstation that day. If the diskless machine is equipped with enough RAM, other students see all applications being launched within a couple of seconds.
Reason: once an application has been launched, it ends up in the diskless machine’s filesystem cache in RAM.
So, this package pre-loads a desktop session of the admin’s choice plus some extra popular applications. It does this before 7:30 in the morning, only. So, combine this package with Wake-On-LAN or an RTC Timer to make sure systems are booted before 7:30am. With such a setup in place, the diskless machines will have been prepared for work before the first students enter the class room.
There are three methods to install desktop-autoloader 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 desktop-autoloader Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install desktop-autoloader using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install desktop-autoloaderInstall desktop-autoloader Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install desktop-autoloader using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install desktop-autoloaderInstall desktop-autoloader 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 desktop-autoloader using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install desktop-autoloaderHow To Uninstall desktop-autoloader on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the desktop-autoloader package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove desktop-autoloaderUninstall desktop-autoloader And Its Dependencies
To uninstall desktop-autoloader and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove desktop-autoloaderRemove desktop-autoloader Configurations and Data
To remove desktop-autoloader configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge desktop-autoloaderRemove desktop-autoloader configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove desktop-autoloader configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge desktop-autoloaderDependencies
desktop-autoloader have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-autoloader package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
