How To Install cockpit-networkmanager on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cockpit-networkmanager

cockpit-networkmanager is:

The Cockpit components for interacting with networking configuration.

There are three methods to install cockpit-networkmanager 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-networkmanager 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-networkmanager using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-networkmanager

Install cockpit-networkmanager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cockpit-networkmanager

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

sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-networkmanager

How To Uninstall cockpit-networkmanager on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cockpit-networkmanager

Uninstall cockpit-networkmanager And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-networkmanager

Remove cockpit-networkmanager Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-networkmanager

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

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

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

Dependencies

cockpit-networkmanager have the following dependencies:

• cockpit-bridge
• network-manager

References

• cockpit-networkmanager website

Summary

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