How To Install dracut-config-rescue on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dracut-config-rescue

dracut-config-rescue is:

This is the dracut configuration to turn on rescue image generation

There are three methods to install dracut-config-rescue 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-rescue 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-rescue using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install dracut-config-rescue Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dracut-config-rescue

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

sudo aptitude -y install dracut-config-rescue

How To Uninstall dracut-config-rescue on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dracut-config-rescue

Uninstall dracut-config-rescue And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove dracut-config-rescue Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

dracut-config-rescue have the following dependencies:

• dracut-core

References

• dracut-config-rescue website

Summary

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