How To Install apt-dater-host on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-dater-host on Kali Linux.

What is apt-dater-host

apt-dater-host is:

apt-dater provides an easy to use ncurses frontend for managing package updates on a large number of remote hosts using SSH. It supports Debian-based managed hosts as well as openSUSE and CentOS based systems.

This package provides the helper application for apt-dater. It has to be installed on every apt-dater managed host.

There are three methods to install apt-dater-host 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 apt-dater-host Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install apt-dater-host

Install apt-dater-host Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apt-dater-host

Install apt-dater-host 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 apt-dater-host using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apt-dater-host

How To Uninstall apt-dater-host on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the apt-dater-host package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apt-dater-host

Uninstall apt-dater-host And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-dater-host

Remove apt-dater-host Configurations and Data

To remove apt-dater-host configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apt-dater-host

Remove apt-dater-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove apt-dater-host configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-dater-host

Dependencies

apt-dater-host have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• apt-dater-host website

Summary

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