How To Install lsb-release on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsb-release
on Kali Linux.
What is lsb-release
lsb-release is:
The Linux Standard Base (http://www.linuxbase.org/) is a standard core system that third-party applications written for Linux can depend upon.
The lsb-release command is a simple tool to help identify the Linux distribution being used and its compliance with the Linux Standard Base. LSB conformance will not be reported unless the required metapackages are installed.
While it is intended for use by LSB packages, this command may also be useful for programmatically distinguishing between a pure Debian installation and derived distributions.
There are three methods to install lsb-release
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 lsb-release Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lsb-release
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lsb-release
Install lsb-release Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lsb-release
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lsb-release
Install lsb-release 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 lsb-release
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lsb-release
How To Uninstall lsb-release on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lsb-release
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lsb-release
Uninstall lsb-release And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lsb-release
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsb-release
Remove lsb-release Configurations and Data
To remove lsb-release
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lsb-release
Remove lsb-release configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lsb-release
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lsb-release
Dependencies
lsb-release have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsb-release
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.