How To Install latd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install latd on Kali Linux.

What is latd

latd is:

This is a server for DEC LAT. It allows users to log in to the Linux system from a LAT terminal server and also the creation of “reverse” LAT ports on the system that connect to other LAT services on the network.

There is also an llogin utility that allows users to login to remote LAT services and a moprc utility for managing terminal servers remotely.

There are three methods to install latd 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 latd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install latd

Install latd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install latd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install latd

Install latd 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 latd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install latd

How To Uninstall latd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the latd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove latd

Uninstall latd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove latd

Remove latd Configurations and Data

To remove latd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge latd

Remove latd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge latd

Dependencies

latd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libstdc++6

References

• latd website

Summary

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