How To Install mingetty on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mingetty

mingetty is:

Mingetty is a small, efficient, console-only getty for Linux.

“getty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the /bin/login command. It is normally invoked by init(8).”

mingetty is a minimal getty for use on virtual consoles. Unlike the getty in the util-linux or mgetty packages, mingetty is not suitable for serial lines, which is why it’s smaller.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mingetty

Install mingetty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mingetty

Install mingetty 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 mingetty using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mingetty

How To Uninstall mingetty on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mingetty

Uninstall mingetty And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mingetty

Remove mingetty Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mingetty

Remove mingetty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mingetty

Dependencies

mingetty have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• mingetty website

Summary

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