How To Install debianutils on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is debianutils

debianutils is:

This package provides a number of small utilities which are used primarily by the installation scripts of Debian packages, although you may use them directly.

The specific utilities included are: add-shell installkernel ischroot remove-shell run-parts savelog tempfile which

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install debianutils

Install debianutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debianutils

Install debianutils 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 debianutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debianutils

How To Uninstall debianutils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove debianutils

Uninstall debianutils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debianutils

Remove debianutils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge debianutils

Remove debianutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debianutils

Dependencies

debianutils have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• debianutils website

Summary

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