How To Install atool on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is atool

atool is:

atool is a script for managing file archives of various types (tar, tar+gzip, zip etc). The main command is probably aunpack, extracting files from an archive. It overcomes the dreaded “multiple files in archive root” problem by first extracting to a unique subdirectory, and then moving back the files if possible. aunpack also prevents local files from being overwritten by mistake.

Other commands provided are apack (create archives), als (list files in archives), and acat (extract files to standard out).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install atool

Install atool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install atool

Install atool 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 atool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install atool

How To Uninstall atool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove atool

Uninstall atool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove atool

Remove atool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge atool

Remove atool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atool

Dependencies

atool have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• atool website

Summary

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