How To Install libedac1-dbg on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libedac1-dbg on Kali Linux.
What is libedac1-dbg
libedac1-dbg is:
This package contains the user-space utilities for use with the EDAC kernel subsystem. EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) is a set of Linux kernel modules for handling hardware-related errors. Currently its major focus is ECC memory error handling. However it also detects and reports PCI bus parity errors.
PCI parity errors are supported on all architectures (and are a mandatory part of the PCI specification).
Main memory ECC drivers are memory controller specific. At the time of writing, drivers exist for many x86-specific chipsets and CPUs, and some PowerPC, and MIPS systems.
This package includes shared library with debugging symbols not stripped
There are three methods to install libedac1-dbg 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 libedac1-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libedac1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libedac1-dbgInstall libedac1-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libedac1-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libedac1-dbgInstall libedac1-dbg 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libedac1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libedac1-dbgHow To Uninstall libedac1-dbg on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libedac1-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libedac1-dbgUninstall libedac1-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libedac1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedac1-dbgRemove libedac1-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libedac1-dbg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libedac1-dbgRemove libedac1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libedac1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libedac1-dbgDependencies
libedac1-dbg have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libedac1-dbg package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.