How to Install and Uninstall swayidle Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "swayidle" package

This tutorial shows how to install swayidle on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall swayidle on Kali Linux:


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

Package: swayidle
Version: 1.8.0-1
Installed-Size: 59
Maintainer: Sway and related packages team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libsystemd0 (>= 237), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.0.2)
Size: 16824
SHA256: 0ee270b4910ac083746ac320d6e5cbccde3a6266f482b61dc6edf9f2ccc6db71
SHA1: d4d1abc82265da3e03b2a145fd2e33b7ced7654c
MD5sum: 7bdaf41b0418e2e07f4a9a3feb4e20e0
Description: Idle management daemon for Wayland
This is sway's idle management daemon, swayidle. It is compatible with
any Wayland compositor which implements the KDE idle protocol. See the
man page, swayidle(1), for instructions on configuring swayidle.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/swaywm/swayidle
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/swayidle/swayidle_1.8.0-1_amd64.deb