How To Install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common on Kali Linux.

What is linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common

linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common is:

This package provides the common kernel header files for Linux kernel version 5.10.0-kali7, generally used for building out-of-tree kernel modules. To obtain a complete set of headers you also need to install the linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-(flavour) package, matching the flavour of the kernel you intend the build for.

There are three methods to install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common 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 linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common

Install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common

Install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common 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 linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common

How To Uninstall linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common

Uninstall linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common

Remove linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common Configurations and Data

To remove linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common

Remove linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common

Dependencies

linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common have the following dependencies:

References

• linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-5.10.0-kali7-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.