How To Install autolog on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is autolog

autolog is:

The program reads the utmp file, entry by entry. The username for each ‘user process’ is compared to the entries in the configuration file. The first entry to match both the name, the group, and the tty line of the process will be used to conduct the automatic logout.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install autolog

Install autolog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install autolog

Install autolog 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 autolog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install autolog

How To Uninstall autolog on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove autolog

Uninstall autolog And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove autolog

Remove autolog Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge autolog

Remove autolog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autolog

Dependencies

autolog have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libc6
• cron
• lsb-base

References

• autolog website

Summary

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