How To Install uucp on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uucp
on Kali Linux.
What is uucp
uucp is:
UUCP will copy files to or from another (usually *nix) system, which also runs uucp.
UUCP is used to transfer mail, news and random files between systems which are not connected by more modern networks. The communication can be made via modems, direct (hard-wired) serial connections or via an IP connection.
There are three methods to install uucp
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 uucp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uucp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uucp
Install uucp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uucp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uucp
Install uucp 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 uucp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uucp
How To Uninstall uucp on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the uucp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uucp
Uninstall uucp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uucp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uucp
Remove uucp Configurations and Data
To remove uucp
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uucp
Remove uucp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uucp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uucp
Dependencies
uucp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uucp
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.