How To Install discover-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install discover-data on Kali Linux.

What is discover-data

discover-data is:

The Discover hardware detection library uses XML data files to describe software interfaces to various ATA, PCI, PMCMIA, SCSI, and USB devices. While the Discover library can retrieve data from anywhere on the net, it is often convenient to have a set of Discover XML data files on one’s system; thus, this package.

There are three methods to install discover-data 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 discover-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install discover-data

Install discover-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install discover-data

Install discover-data 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 discover-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install discover-data

How To Uninstall discover-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the discover-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove discover-data

Uninstall discover-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove discover-data

Remove discover-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge discover-data

Remove discover-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge discover-data

Dependencies

discover-data have the following dependencies:

References

• discover-data website

Summary

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