How To Install foma-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install foma-bin on Kali Linux.

What is foma-bin

foma-bin is:

This is dummy transitional package for foma. It can be safely remove.

There are three methods to install foma-bin 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 foma-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install foma-bin

Install foma-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install foma-bin

Install foma-bin 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 foma-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install foma-bin

How To Uninstall foma-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the foma-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove foma-bin

Uninstall foma-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove foma-bin

Remove foma-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge foma-bin

Remove foma-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foma-bin

Dependencies

foma-bin have the following dependencies:

• foma

References

• foma-bin website

Summary

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