How To Install kup-server on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kup-server on Kali Linux.

What is kup-server

kup-server is:

This is the upload system used on kernel.org, which runs as an SSH service.

There are three methods to install kup-server 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-server 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-server using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kup-server

Install kup-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kup-server

Install kup-server 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-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kup-server

How To Uninstall kup-server on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kup-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kup-server

Uninstall kup-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kup-server

Remove kup-server Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kup-server

Remove kup-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kup-server

Dependencies

kup-server have the following dependencies:

• libbsd-resource-perl
• libconfig-simple-perl
• git
• gnupg
• lsb-base
• openssh-server
• perl

References

• kup-server website

Summary

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