How To Install linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg on Kali Linux. linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg is Debugging symbols for Linux cloud-amd64 configuration (meta-package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg on Kali Linux.

What is linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg

linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg is:

This package depends on the detached debugging symbols for the latest Linux kernel cloud-amd64 configuration.

There are three methods to install linux-image-cloud-amd64-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 linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg 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-image-cloud-amd64-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg

Install linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg

Install linux-image-cloud-amd64-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg

How To Uninstall linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg

Uninstall linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg

Remove linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg

Remove linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg

Dependencies

linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-image-cloud-amd64-dbg package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.