How To Install linuxinfo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is linuxinfo

linuxinfo is:

Displays system info, such as kernel revision, glibc version, processor type and memory size, in general by parsing /proc/cpuinfo.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install linuxinfo

Install linuxinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install linuxinfo

Install linuxinfo 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 linuxinfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linuxinfo

How To Uninstall linuxinfo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove linuxinfo

Uninstall linuxinfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linuxinfo

Remove linuxinfo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge linuxinfo

Remove linuxinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linuxinfo

Dependencies

linuxinfo have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• linuxinfo website

Summary

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