How To Install amanda-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-common on Kali Linux.
What is amanda-common
amanda-common is:
This package contains libraries required by the amanda client and server packages and includes the documentation.
There are three methods to install amanda-common 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 amanda-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install amanda-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amanda-commonInstall amanda-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install amanda-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amanda-commonInstall amanda-common 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install amanda-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amanda-commonHow To Uninstall amanda-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the amanda-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amanda-commonUninstall amanda-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amanda-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amanda-commonRemove amanda-common Configurations and Data
To remove amanda-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amanda-commonRemove amanda-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amanda-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amanda-commonDependencies
amanda-common have the following dependencies:
- adduser
- bsd-mailx
- debconf
- openbsd-inetd
- update-inetd
- libjson-perl
- perl
- perlapi-5.32.0
- libc6
- libcurl4
- libglib2.0-0
- libssl1.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amanda-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
