How To Install cpio on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cpio

cpio is:

GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying files from one place to another. It handles a number of cpio formats as well as reading and writing tar files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cpio

Install cpio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cpio

Install cpio 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 cpio using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cpio

How To Uninstall cpio on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cpio

Uninstall cpio And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpio

Remove cpio Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cpio

Remove cpio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpio

Dependencies

cpio have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• cpio website

Summary

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