How To Install friendly-recovery on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install friendly-recovery on Kali Linux.
What is friendly-recovery
friendly-recovery is:
Make the recovery boot mode more user-friendly by providing a menu with pluggable options.
There are three methods to install friendly-recovery 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 friendly-recovery Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install friendly-recovery using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install friendly-recoveryInstall friendly-recovery Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install friendly-recovery using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install friendly-recoveryInstall friendly-recovery 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install friendly-recovery using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install friendly-recoveryHow To Uninstall friendly-recovery on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the friendly-recovery package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove friendly-recoveryUninstall friendly-recovery And Its Dependencies
To uninstall friendly-recovery and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove friendly-recoveryRemove friendly-recovery Configurations and Data
To remove friendly-recovery configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge friendly-recoveryRemove friendly-recovery configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove friendly-recovery configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge friendly-recoveryDependencies
friendly-recovery have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install friendly-recovery package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
