How To Install init on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install init
on Kali Linux.
What is init
init is:
This package is a metapackage which allows you to select from the available init systems while ensuring that one of these is available on the system at all times.
There are three methods to install init
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 init Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install init
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install init
Install init Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install init
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install init
Install init 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 init
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install init
How To Uninstall init on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the init
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove init
Uninstall init And Its Dependencies
To uninstall init
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove init
Remove init Configurations and Data
To remove init
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge init
Remove init configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove init
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge init
Dependencies
init have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install init
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.