How To Install driverctl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is driverctl

driverctl is:

Driverctl is a tool for manipulating and inspecting the system device driver choices.

Devices are normally assigned to their sole designated kernel driver by default. However in some situations it may be desirable to override that default, for example to try an older driver to work around a regression in a driver or to try an experimental alternative driver. Another common use-case is pass-through drivers and driver stubs to allow userspace to drive the device, such as in case of virtualization.

driverctl integrates with udev to support overriding driver selection for both cold- and hotplugged devices from the moment of discovery, but can also change already assigned drivers, assuming they are not in use by the system. The driver overrides created by driverctl are persistent across system reboots by default.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install driverctl

Install driverctl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install driverctl

Install driverctl 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 driverctl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install driverctl

How To Uninstall driverctl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove driverctl

Uninstall driverctl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove driverctl

Remove driverctl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge driverctl

Remove driverctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge driverctl

Dependencies

driverctl have the following dependencies:

• udev

References

• driverctl website

Summary

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