How To Install kup-client on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kup-client
on Kali Linux.
What is kup-client
kup-client is:
This utility is used to upload files to kernel.org and other systems using the same upload system (kup-server).
There are three methods to install kup-client
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 kup-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kup-client
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kup-client
Install kup-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kup-client
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kup-client
Install kup-client 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 kup-client
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kup-client
How To Uninstall kup-client on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kup-client
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kup-client
Uninstall kup-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kup-client
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kup-client
Remove kup-client Configurations and Data
To remove kup-client
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kup-client
Remove kup-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kup-client
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kup-client
Dependencies
kup-client have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kup-client
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.