How To Install microcode.ctl on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install microcode.ctl
on Kali Linux.
What is microcode.ctl
microcode.ctl is:
This is a transitional package to help migrate systems to the new version of intel-microcode and to iucode-tool, which superseded microcode.ctl.
This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or remove it.
There are three methods to install microcode.ctl
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 microcode.ctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install microcode.ctl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install microcode.ctl
Install microcode.ctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install microcode.ctl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install microcode.ctl
Install microcode.ctl 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 microcode.ctl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install microcode.ctl
How To Uninstall microcode.ctl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the microcode.ctl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove microcode.ctl
Uninstall microcode.ctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall microcode.ctl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove microcode.ctl
Remove microcode.ctl Configurations and Data
To remove microcode.ctl
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge microcode.ctl
Remove microcode.ctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove microcode.ctl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge microcode.ctl
Dependencies
microcode.ctl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install microcode.ctl
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.