Installation of xkill
The xkill utility comes with the package x11-utils. Therefore, to use xkill first we need to install the x11-utils on the system. Use one of the following commands to install x11-utils according to your distribution.
For Debian/Kali Linux/Garuda Linux/Ubuntu:
apt-get install x11-utils
For Arch Linux:
pacman -S xorg-xkill
For CentOS:
yum install xorg-xkill
For Fedora:
dnf install xorg-xkill
How to kill processes on the Linux Desktop with xkill
xkill is a command-line utility that can kill the undesired windows on the user’s screen. Basically, xkill force the X server to close the connection to the client. This utility kills the programs without providing PID with a command. Now let’s see how to install the xkill on the systems.
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