How To Install syslogout on Kali Linux

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In this tutorial we learn how to install syslogout on Kali Linux. syslogout is Modularized system wide shell logout mechanism

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslogout on Kali Linux.

What is syslogout

syslogout is:

Simple centralized configuration mechanism for flexible maintenance
of the shell specific parts for logout from a Debian system.

It has been designed to work with bash. Other shells have not
been taken in consideration for this version.

There are three methods to install syslogout on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install syslogout Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install syslogout using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install syslogout

Install syslogout Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install syslogout using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install syslogout

Install syslogout Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install syslogout using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install syslogout

How To Uninstall syslogout on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the syslogout package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove syslogout

Uninstall syslogout And Its Dependencies

To uninstall syslogout and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove syslogout

Remove syslogout Configurations and Data

To remove syslogout configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge syslogout

Remove syslogout configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove syslogout configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syslogout

Dependencies

syslogout have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslogout package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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