How To Install dracut-config-generic on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-config-generic on Kali Linux.

What is dracut-config-generic

dracut-config-generic is:

This is the dracut configuration to turn off hostonly image generation

There are three methods to install dracut-config-generic 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 dracut-config-generic Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dracut-config-generic

Install dracut-config-generic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dracut-config-generic using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dracut-config-generic

Install dracut-config-generic 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 dracut-config-generic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dracut-config-generic

How To Uninstall dracut-config-generic on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dracut-config-generic package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dracut-config-generic

Uninstall dracut-config-generic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dracut-config-generic

Remove dracut-config-generic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dracut-config-generic

Remove dracut-config-generic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dracut-config-generic

Dependencies

dracut-config-generic have the following dependencies:

• dracut-core

References

• dracut-config-generic website

Summary

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