How To Install esekeyd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is esekeyd

esekeyd is:

ESE Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard daemon for Linux. With the 2.6 kernel series it can also handle remote controls, as they are presented as keyboards. No kernel patch is required. It is a userspace program that pools /dev/input/event? interfaces for incoming keyboard key presses.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install esekeyd

Install esekeyd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install esekeyd

Install esekeyd 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 esekeyd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install esekeyd

How To Uninstall esekeyd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove esekeyd

Uninstall esekeyd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove esekeyd

Remove esekeyd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge esekeyd

Remove esekeyd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge esekeyd

Dependencies

esekeyd have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• esekeyd website

Summary

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