How To Install oddjob on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install oddjob on Kali Linux. oddjob is D-Bus service which runs odd jobs – daemon

Introduction

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

What is oddjob

oddjob is:

Oddjob is a D-Bus service which performs particular tasks for clients which connect to it and issue requests using the system-wide message bus.

This package contains the oddjob daemon.

There are three methods to install oddjob 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 oddjob Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install oddjob

Install oddjob Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install oddjob

Install oddjob 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 oddjob using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oddjob

How To Uninstall oddjob on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove oddjob

Uninstall oddjob And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oddjob

Remove oddjob Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge oddjob

Remove oddjob configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oddjob

Dependencies

oddjob have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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