How To Install cruft-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cruft-common on Kali Linux.
What is cruft-common
cruft & cruft-ng are programs to look over your system for anything that shouldn’t be there, but is; or for anything that should be there, but isn’t.
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There are three ways to install cruft-common 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 cruft-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cruft-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cruft-common
Install cruft-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cruft-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cruft-common
Install cruft-common Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 cruft-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cruft-common
How To Uninstall cruft-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cruft-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cruft-common
Uninstall cruft-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cruft-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cruft-common
Remove cruft-common Configurations and Data
To remove cruft-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cruft-common
Remove cruft-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cruft-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cruft-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cruft-common using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.