How to Install and Uninstall sweeper Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "sweeper" package

Please follow the instructions below to install sweeper on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall sweeper on Kali Linux:


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

Package: sweeper
Version: 4:22.12.3-1
Installed-Size: 1061
Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: kio, libc6 (>= 2.34), libkf5activitiesstats1 (>= 5.90.0~), libkf5bookmarks5 (>= 5.90.0~), libkf5configcore5 (>= 5.90.0~), libkf5configwidgets5 (>= 5.90.0~), libkf5coreaddons5 (>= 5.90.0~), libkf5crash5 (>= 5.90.0~), libkf5i18n5 (>= 5.90.0~), libkf5kiocore5 (>= 5.90.0~), libkf5textwidgets5 (>= 5.90.0~), libkf5widgetsaddons5 (>= 4.96.0), libkf5xmlgui5 (>= 5.90.0~), libqt5core5a (>= 5.15.2~), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.15.2~), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.15.2~) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.15.2~), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.15.2~), libqt5xml5 (>= 5.15.2~), libstdc++6 (>= 5)
Size: 407068
SHA256: ddf0b7d72247c699baab7695780af6eb88d0af76dadfa7d339a196181e2bdc14
SHA1: 02f44a11ba4e6cec8a491a6633f48e3134eaf056
MD5sum: 2d090feb904429a88f4eb175ac242529
Description: history and temporary file cleaner
Sweeper can quickly remove temporary information, such as web page cookies,
browser history, or the list of recently-opened documents. It helps provide
additional privacy on a system shared between multiple users.
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This package is part of the KDE SC utilities module.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://apps.kde.org/en/sweeper
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, security::privacy, suite::kde, uitoolkit::qt,
x11::application
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sweeper/sweeper_22.12.3-1_amd64.deb