How To Install copy-router-config on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install copy-router-config on Kali Linux.

What is copy-router-config

copy-router-config is:

This package copies configuration files from Cisco devices running SNMP.

There are three methods to install copy-router-config 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 copy-router-config Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install copy-router-config

Install copy-router-config Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install copy-router-config using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install copy-router-config

Install copy-router-config 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 copy-router-config using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install copy-router-config

How To Uninstall copy-router-config on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the copy-router-config package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove copy-router-config

Uninstall copy-router-config And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove copy-router-config

Remove copy-router-config Configurations and Data

To remove copy-router-config configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge copy-router-config

Remove copy-router-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove copy-router-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge copy-router-config

Dependencies

copy-router-config have the following dependencies:

• perl-cisco-copyconfig

References

• copy-router-config website

Summary

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