How to Install and Uninstall swaylock Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "swaylock" package

Please follow the steps below to install swaylock on Kali Linux


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

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


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

Package: swaylock
Version: 1.7.2-1
Installed-Size: 121
Maintainer: Sway and related packages team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.31.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libwayland-client0 (>= 1.20.0), libxkbcommon0 (>= 0.5.0)
Size: 30404
SHA256: a6f62cdbaefbd35cfb95815eff8e5dc2756bc5942f2a906d38ed600cfc673ffc
SHA1: 2ae945628d36099bb90d05a7dc2c6f3fc3c57a26
MD5sum: 4d3cb7b7794f8c826e4587bb83068e57
Description: Screen locker for Wayland
swaylock is a screen locking utility for Wayland compositors. It is compatible
with any Wayland compositor which implements the following Wayland protocols:
wlr-layer-shell, wlr-input-inhibitor, xdg-output, xdg-shell
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/swaywm/swaylock
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/swaylock/swaylock_1.7.2-1_amd64.deb