How To Install libpam-modules on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-modules on Kali Linux.

What is libpam-modules

libpam-modules is:

This package completes the set of modules for PAM. It includes the pam_unix.so module as well as some specialty modules.

There are three methods to install libpam-modules 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 libpam-modules Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpam-modules

Install libpam-modules Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpam-modules

Install libpam-modules 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 libpam-modules using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpam-modules

How To Uninstall libpam-modules on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpam-modules package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpam-modules

Uninstall libpam-modules And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-modules

Remove libpam-modules Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-modules

Remove libpam-modules configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-modules

Dependencies

libpam-modules have the following dependencies:

• libaudit1

References

• libpam-modules website

Summary

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