How To Install fprintd on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd
on Kali Linux.
What is fprintd
fprintd is:
fprintd is a D-Bus daemon that offers libfprint functionality over the D-Bus interprocess communication bus. By adding this daemon layer above libfprint, various problems related to multiple applications simultaneously competing for fingerprint readers get solved.
There are three methods to install fprintd
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 fprintd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fprintd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fprintd
Install fprintd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fprintd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fprintd
Install fprintd 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 fprintd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fprintd
How To Uninstall fprintd on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fprintd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fprintd
Uninstall fprintd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fprintd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fprintd
Remove fprintd Configurations and Data
To remove fprintd
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fprintd
Remove fprintd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fprintd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fprintd
Dependencies
fprintd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fprintd
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.