How To Install chromium-sandbox on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium-sandbox
on Kali Linux.
What is chromium-sandbox
chromium-sandbox is:
Web browser that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable internet browsing experience.
This package contains the setuid chromium sandbox.
There are three methods to install chromium-sandbox
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 chromium-sandbox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chromium-sandbox
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chromium-sandbox
Install chromium-sandbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chromium-sandbox
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chromium-sandbox
Install chromium-sandbox 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 chromium-sandbox
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chromium-sandbox
How To Uninstall chromium-sandbox on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the chromium-sandbox
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chromium-sandbox
Uninstall chromium-sandbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chromium-sandbox
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chromium-sandbox
Remove chromium-sandbox Configurations and Data
To remove chromium-sandbox
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chromium-sandbox
Remove chromium-sandbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chromium-sandbox
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chromium-sandbox
Dependencies
chromium-sandbox have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chromium-sandbox
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.