How To Install vboot-kernel-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vboot-kernel-utils on Kali Linux. vboot-kernel-utils is Chrome OS verified boot utils required to sign kernels

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vboot-kernel-utils on Kali Linux.

What is vboot-kernel-utils

vboot-kernel-utils is:

This package provides the futility program (including the vbutil_kernel program required to sign custom kernels in order to get them booted by Chrome OS devices (i.e. Chromebooks)).

There are three methods to install vboot-kernel-utils 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 vboot-kernel-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vboot-kernel-utils

Install vboot-kernel-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vboot-kernel-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vboot-kernel-utils

Install vboot-kernel-utils 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 vboot-kernel-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vboot-kernel-utils

How To Uninstall vboot-kernel-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vboot-kernel-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vboot-kernel-utils

Uninstall vboot-kernel-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vboot-kernel-utils

Remove vboot-kernel-utils Configurations and Data

To remove vboot-kernel-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vboot-kernel-utils

Remove vboot-kernel-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vboot-kernel-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vboot-kernel-utils

Dependencies

vboot-kernel-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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