How to Install and Uninstall numlockx Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "numlockx" package

Please follow the instructions below to install numlockx on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall numlockx on Kali Linux:


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

Package: numlockx
Version: 1.2-9
Installed-Size: 40
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libxtst6
Suggests: x-display-manager
Enhances: gdm, kdm, wdm, xdm
Size: 11380
SHA256: 6ec0b0168f595a796a02727b131a32c2899a5b55dbfb8fc480ae3f682a720c0d
SHA1: 855f546ca80a2eb449ca4c0162ef9057485dae9e
MD5sum: 6534b5cf8ab2c4a951489e611ca52063
Description: enable NumLock in X11 sessions
Utilities to enable the keyboard's Numeric Lock during X11
session initialization or using command line utility.
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The package automatically installs session script to enable numlock
on session start.
Description-md5:
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, interface::graphical,
interface::text-mode, interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::xlib, x11::application
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/numlockx/numlockx_1.2-9_amd64.deb