How To Install hotpatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is hotpatch

hotpatch is:

Hotpatch is a library that can be used to dynamically load a shared library (.so) file on Linux from one process into another already running process, without affecting the execution of the target process. The API is a C API, but also supported in C++.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hotpatch

Install hotpatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hotpatch

Install hotpatch 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 hotpatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hotpatch

How To Uninstall hotpatch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hotpatch

Uninstall hotpatch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hotpatch

Remove hotpatch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hotpatch

Remove hotpatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hotpatch

Dependencies

hotpatch have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• hotpatch website

Summary

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