How To Install bd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bd

bd is:

bd allows you to go to a parent directory in bash instead of typing “cd ../../..” redundantly.

You can simply type backdir with starting few letters and it will auto complete the directory name.

It can be used with other commands such as ls, ln, echo, zip, tar, etc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bd

Install bd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bd

Install bd 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 bd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bd

How To Uninstall bd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bd

Uninstall bd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bd

Remove bd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bd

Remove bd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bd

Dependencies

bd have the following dependencies:

• bash

References

• bd website

Summary

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