How to Install and Uninstall killer Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "killer" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install killer on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                killer
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "killer" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall killer on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                killer
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the killer package on Kali Linux

Package: killer
Version: 0.90-13
Installed-Size: 65
Maintainer: Debian Edu Developers
Architecture: all
Depends: perl:any, default-mta | exim4 | mail-transport-agent, xprintidle
Size: 24168
SHA256: ff2318cf6271d60225fc5c01bf794f72b8dc450ba0d0235c0a5ed87f16e249b4
SHA1: 3e88f5426b87c42ae23e251711c43706dd60516d
MD5sum: 1178698fedd2dd4efe4d29e68fdee2e1
Description: Background job killer
killer is a perl script that gets rid of background jobs. Background
jobs are defined as processes that belong to users who are not currently
logged into the machine. Jobs can be run in the background (and are
exempt from *killer*'s actions) if their scheduling priority has been
reduced by increasing their nice(1) value or if they are being run
through condor.
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When the package is installed, a cron job is installed to run killer
once an hour.
Description-md5:
Tag: admin::automation, implemented-in::perl, interface::daemon,
role::program, scope::utility
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/k/killer/killer_0.90-13_all.deb