How To Install catatonit on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install catatonit on Kali Linux. catatonit is init process for containers

Introduction

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

What is catatonit

catatonit is:

catatonic is a very simple init process for application containers. Its purpose is to support only the usage by container managers such as docker and podman, which is /dev/init – . No other use cases will be supported.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install catatonit

Install catatonit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install catatonit

Install catatonit 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 catatonit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install catatonit

How To Uninstall catatonit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove catatonit

Uninstall catatonit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove catatonit

Remove catatonit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge catatonit

Remove catatonit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge catatonit

Dependencies

catatonit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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