How To Install fgetty on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fgetty

fgetty is:

fgetty is a small, efficient, console-only getty for Linux. It is derived from mingetty but hacked until it would link against diet libc to produce the smallest memory footprint possible for a simple yet complete getty.

fgetty includes a login program that supports the checkpassword authentication interface, and also a checkpassword program that uses the standard C library interface to passwd and shadow.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fgetty

Install fgetty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fgetty

Install fgetty 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 fgetty using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fgetty

How To Uninstall fgetty on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fgetty

Uninstall fgetty And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fgetty

Remove fgetty Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fgetty

Remove fgetty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fgetty

Dependencies

fgetty have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcrypt1

References

• fgetty website

Summary

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