How To Install microcode.ctl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is microcode.ctl

microcode.ctl is:

This is a transitional package to help migrate systems to the new version of intel-microcode and to iucode-tool, which superseded microcode.ctl.

This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or remove it.

There are three methods to install microcode.ctl 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 microcode.ctl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install microcode.ctl

Install microcode.ctl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install microcode.ctl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install microcode.ctl

Install microcode.ctl 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 microcode.ctl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install microcode.ctl

How To Uninstall microcode.ctl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the microcode.ctl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove microcode.ctl

Uninstall microcode.ctl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove microcode.ctl

Remove microcode.ctl Configurations and Data

To remove microcode.ctl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge microcode.ctl

Remove microcode.ctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge microcode.ctl

Dependencies

microcode.ctl have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• intel-microcode
• iucode-tool

References

• microcode.ctl website

Summary

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