How To Install boxer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is boxer

boxer is:

Boxer is a tool for system deployment and for composing blends, i.e designing how to have a distribution unfold onto boxes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install boxer

Install boxer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install boxer

Install boxer 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 boxer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install boxer

How To Uninstall boxer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove boxer

Uninstall boxer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove boxer

Remove boxer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge boxer

Remove boxer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge boxer

Dependencies

boxer have the following dependencies:

• libapp-cmd-perl
• libclass-xsaccessor-perl
• libfile-basedir-perl
• libfile-sharedir-perl
• libhash-merge-perl
• libipc-system-simple-perl
• liblog-any-adapter-screen-perl
• libmatch-simple-perl
• libmodule-runtime-perl
• libmodule-find-perl
• libmodule-load-conditional-perl
• libmoo-perl
• libmoox-role-logger-perl
• libmoox-strictconstructor-perl
• libnamespace-autoclean-perl
• libpath-tiny-perl
• librole-commons-perl
• libstrictures-perl
• libtemplate-tiny-perl
• liblist-moreutils-perl
• libtry-tiny-perl
• libtype-tiny-perl
• libtypes-path-tiny-perl
• libyaml-libyaml-perl
• perl

References

• boxer website

Summary

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