How To Install initramfs-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install initramfs-tools
on Kali Linux.
What is initramfs-tools
initramfs-tools is:
This package builds a bootable initramfs for Linux kernel packages. The initramfs is loaded along with the kernel and is responsible for mounting the root filesystem and starting the main init system.
There are three methods to install initramfs-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 initramfs-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 initramfs-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install initramfs-tools
Install initramfs-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install initramfs-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install initramfs-tools
Install initramfs-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 initramfs-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install initramfs-tools
How To Uninstall initramfs-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the initramfs-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove initramfs-tools
Uninstall initramfs-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall initramfs-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove initramfs-tools
Remove initramfs-tools Configurations and Data
To remove initramfs-tools
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge initramfs-tools
Remove initramfs-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove initramfs-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge initramfs-tools
Dependencies
initramfs-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install initramfs-tools
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.