How To Install libpam-script on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libpam-script

libpam-script is:

This module will allow you to execute scripts during authorization, password changes and sessions. This is very handy if your current security application has no PAM support but is accessible with perl or other scripts.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpam-script

Install libpam-script Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpam-script

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpam-script

How To Uninstall libpam-script on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpam-script

Uninstall libpam-script And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-script

Remove libpam-script Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-script

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpam-script have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpam0g

References

• libpam-script website

Summary

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