How To Install cpmtools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpmtools on Kali Linux. cpmtools is Tools to access CP/M file systems

Introduction

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

What is cpmtools

cpmtools is:

This package allows access to CP/M file systems similar to the well-known mtools package, which accesses MSDOS file systems.

All CP/M file system features are supported.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cpmtools

Install cpmtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cpmtools

Install cpmtools 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 cpmtools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cpmtools

How To Uninstall cpmtools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cpmtools

Uninstall cpmtools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpmtools

Remove cpmtools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cpmtools

Remove cpmtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpmtools

Dependencies

cpmtools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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