How To Install inetutils-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install inetutils-tools on Kali Linux.

What is inetutils-tools

inetutils-tools is:

Base utilities for network administration:

• ifconfig
• hostname
• dnsdomainname
• logger

WARNING: The current ifconfig implementation provided is not fully compatible with the net-tool’s ifconfig version.

There are three methods to install inetutils-tools 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 inetutils-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install inetutils-tools

Install inetutils-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install inetutils-tools

Install inetutils-tools 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 inetutils-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install inetutils-tools

How To Uninstall inetutils-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the inetutils-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove inetutils-tools

Uninstall inetutils-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove inetutils-tools

Remove inetutils-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge inetutils-tools

Remove inetutils-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inetutils-tools

Dependencies

inetutils-tools have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• inetutils-tools website

Summary

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