How to Install and Uninstall xscreensaver-gl Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "xscreensaver-gl" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install xscreensaver-gl on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xscreensaver-gl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xscreensaver-gl" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xscreensaver-gl on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xscreensaver-gl package on Kali Linux

Package: xscreensaver-gl
Source: xscreensaver
Version: 6.08+dfsg1-1
Installed-Size: 23388
Maintainer: Tormod Volden
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libwww-perl, libcap2-bin, libc6 (>= 2.34), libegl1, libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgl1, libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libglu1-mesa | libglu1, libx11-6, libxext6, libxft2 (>> 2.1.1), libxt6
Suggests: xscreensaver
Breaks: xscreensaver (<< 6.08+dfsg1-1)
Size: 8574752
SHA256: 60289854534b589d733a0c15be2b8b2c0834a109c7ce6dc55a4cf14583d03b6c
SHA1: 630094093ba892978ba58ae672325c4dd8d455aa
MD5sum: b79fceb675b6d9cef4252f88b3d4e671
Description: GL(Mesa) screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for X11,
containing more than 200 screen savers.
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This package contains a small selection of 3D (OpenGL) screen saver
modules from the xscreensaver collection. This package can be used by
xscreensaver and also some other screensaver engines.
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This is the set of GL screensavers shipped by default:
antinspect, antspotlight, atunnel, beats, blinkbox, bubble3d,
chompytower, circuit, cityflow, covid19, crumbler, cubestack,
cubestorm, cubetwist, cubocteversion, discoball, dymaxionmap, endgame,
energystream, engine, esper, etruscanvenus, flipflop, flipscreen3d,
flyingtoasters, gears, geodesic, geodesicgears, gflux, gibson, glblur,
glcells, gleidescope, glknots, glmatrix, glschool, glslideshow,
glsnake, gltext, headroom, hexstrut, hextrail, hydrostat, hypertorus,
jigglypuff, kaleidocycle, lavalite, lockward, mapscroller, maze3d,
mirrorblob, moebius, moebiusgears, molecule, morph3d, nakagin,
papercube, peepers, pipes, polyhedra, polytopes, projectiveplane,
pulsar, quasicrystal, queens, raverhoop, razzledazzle, romanboy,
sierpinski3d, skulloop, sonar, sphereeversion, spheremonics, splitflap,
splodesic, squirtorus, stonerview, superquadrics, topblock, unicrud,
vigilance, voronoi, winduprobot.
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More display modes can be found in the xscreensaver-data,
xscreensaver-data-extra and xscreensaver-gl-extra packages.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
Tag: interface::3d, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
scope::application, uitoolkit::gtk, x11::application, x11::screensaver
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl_6.08+dfsg1-1_amd64.deb