How To Install lilo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lilo

lilo is:

You can use LILO to manage your Master Boot Record (with a simple text screen, text menu or colorful splash graphics) or call LILO from other Boot-Loaders to jump-start the Linux kernel.

This package contains lilo (the installer) and boot-record-images to install Linux, DOS and generic Boot Sectors for other operation systems.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lilo

Install lilo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lilo

Install lilo 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 lilo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lilo

How To Uninstall lilo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lilo

Uninstall lilo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lilo

Remove lilo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lilo

Remove lilo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lilo

Dependencies

lilo have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• perl

References

• lilo website

Summary

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