How To Install live-config-sysvinit on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-config-sysvinit on Kali Linux. live-config-sysvinit is Live System Configuration Components (sysvinit backend)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-config-sysvinit on Kali Linux.

What is live-config-sysvinit

live-config-sysvinit is:

The Debian Live project maintains the components to build Debian based Live systems and the official Debian Live images themselves.

live-config contains the components to configure a live system during the boot process (late userspace).

This package contains the sysvinit backend.

There are three methods to install live-config-sysvinit 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 live-config-sysvinit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install live-config-sysvinit

Install live-config-sysvinit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install live-config-sysvinit using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install live-config-sysvinit

Install live-config-sysvinit 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 live-config-sysvinit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install live-config-sysvinit

How To Uninstall live-config-sysvinit on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the live-config-sysvinit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove live-config-sysvinit

Uninstall live-config-sysvinit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove live-config-sysvinit

Remove live-config-sysvinit Configurations and Data

To remove live-config-sysvinit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge live-config-sysvinit

Remove live-config-sysvinit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove live-config-sysvinit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge live-config-sysvinit

Dependencies

live-config-sysvinit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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