How To Install coreutils on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is coreutils

coreutils is:

This package contains the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities which are expected to exist on every operating system.

Specifically, this package includes: arch base64 basename cat chcon chgrp chmod chown chroot cksum comm cp csplit cut date dd df dir dircolors dirname du echo env expand expr factor false flock fmt fold groups head hostid id install join link ln logname ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo mknod mktemp mv nice nl nohup nproc numfmt od paste pathchk pinky pr printenv printf ptx pwd readlink realpath rm rmdir runcon sha*sum seq shred sleep sort split stat stty sum sync tac tail tee test timeout touch tr true truncate tsort tty uname unexpand uniq unlink users vdir wc who whoami yes

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install coreutils

Install coreutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install coreutils

Install coreutils 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 coreutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coreutils

How To Uninstall coreutils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove coreutils

Uninstall coreutils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coreutils

Remove coreutils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge coreutils

Remove coreutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coreutils

Dependencies

coreutils have the following dependencies:

• libacl1
• libattr1

References

• coreutils website

Summary

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