How To Install mgetty-pvftools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty-pvftools on Kali Linux.

What is mgetty-pvftools

mgetty-pvftools is:

This package contains different utilities from the vgetty package which permit to create, listen and manipulate rmd or pvf files. These files are the recorded “message files” for using a voice modem as an answering machine.

You will want to install this package to create your greeting messages.

There are three methods to install mgetty-pvftools 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 mgetty-pvftools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mgetty-pvftools

Install mgetty-pvftools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mgetty-pvftools

Install mgetty-pvftools 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 mgetty-pvftools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mgetty-pvftools

How To Uninstall mgetty-pvftools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mgetty-pvftools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mgetty-pvftools

Uninstall mgetty-pvftools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgetty-pvftools

Remove mgetty-pvftools Configurations and Data

To remove mgetty-pvftools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mgetty-pvftools

Remove mgetty-pvftools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgetty-pvftools

Dependencies

mgetty-pvftools have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• mgetty-pvftools website

Summary

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