How To Install bilibop-udev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bilibop-udev on Kali Linux. bilibop-udev is minimal udev rule for Debian GNU/Linux running from external media

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bilibop-udev on Kali Linux.

What is bilibop-udev

bilibop-udev is:

Bilibop helps to maintain a Debian GNU/Linux operating system installed on an external media (USB, FireWire, Flash memory, eSATA). It hardens standard rules and policies to make the system more robust in this particular situation.

This package provides a udev rules file to manage the external drive hosting the running system. Its goal is to forbid low-level write access on this drive and its partitions by any unprivileged user or application.

This package is not designed to be used on internal disks. It works only for OS installed on removable and writable media, especially LiveUSB systems and disk images provided by most vendors of popular ARM-based development boards. See also the bilibop-rules package.

There are three methods to install bilibop-udev 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 bilibop-udev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bilibop-udev

Install bilibop-udev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bilibop-udev

Install bilibop-udev 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 bilibop-udev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bilibop-udev

How To Uninstall bilibop-udev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bilibop-udev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bilibop-udev

Uninstall bilibop-udev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bilibop-udev

Remove bilibop-udev Configurations and Data

To remove bilibop-udev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bilibop-udev

Remove bilibop-udev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bilibop-udev

Dependencies

bilibop-udev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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