How To Install freedombox on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install freedombox on Kali Linux. freedombox is easy to manage, privacy oriented home server

Introduction

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

What is freedombox

freedombox is:

FreedomBox is designed to be your own inexpensive server at home. It runs free software and offers an increasing number of services ranging from a calendar or jabber server to a wiki or VPN. A web interface allows you to easily install and configure your apps.

This package provides the FreedomBox Service (Plinth) which installs, configures and manages all functions of FreedomBox. The service is managed using a web interface available at https://localhost/.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freedombox

Install freedombox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freedombox

Install freedombox 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 freedombox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freedombox

How To Uninstall freedombox on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove freedombox

Uninstall freedombox And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freedombox

Remove freedombox Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge freedombox

Remove freedombox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freedombox

Dependencies

freedombox have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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