How To Install bsdutils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsdutils on Kali Linux. bsdutils is basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite

Introduction

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

What is bsdutils

bsdutils is:

This package contains the bare minimum of BSD utilities needed for a Debian system: logger, renice, script, scriptlive, scriptreplay and wall. The remaining standard BSD utilities are provided by bsdextrautils.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bsdutils

Install bsdutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bsdutils

Install bsdutils 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 bsdutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bsdutils

How To Uninstall bsdutils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bsdutils

Uninstall bsdutils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsdutils

Remove bsdutils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bsdutils

Remove bsdutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsdutils

Dependencies

bsdutils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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