How To Install cockpit-bridge on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-bridge on Kali Linux.

What is cockpit-bridge

cockpit-bridge is:

The Cockpit bridge component installed server side and runs commands on the system on behalf of the web based user interface.

There are three methods to install cockpit-bridge 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 cockpit-bridge Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-bridge

Install cockpit-bridge Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cockpit-bridge

Install cockpit-bridge 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 cockpit-bridge using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-bridge

How To Uninstall cockpit-bridge on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cockpit-bridge package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cockpit-bridge

Uninstall cockpit-bridge And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-bridge

Remove cockpit-bridge Configurations and Data

To remove cockpit-bridge configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-bridge

Remove cockpit-bridge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-bridge

Dependencies

cockpit-bridge have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libjson-glib-1.0-0
• libpolkit-agent-1-0
• libpolkit-gobject-1-0
• libssh-4
• libsystemd0
• glib-networking

References

• cockpit-bridge website

Summary

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