How To Install bsdextrautils on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bsdextrautils

bsdextrautils is:

This package contains some extra BSD utilities: col, colcrt, colrm, column, hd, hexdump, look, ul and write. Other BSD utilities are provided by bsdutils and calendar.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bsdextrautils

Install bsdextrautils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bsdextrautils

Install bsdextrautils 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 bsdextrautils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bsdextrautils

How To Uninstall bsdextrautils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bsdextrautils

Uninstall bsdextrautils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsdextrautils

Remove bsdextrautils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bsdextrautils

Remove bsdextrautils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsdextrautils

Dependencies

bsdextrautils have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsmartcols1
• libtinfo6

References

• bsdextrautils website

Summary

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