How To Install minicoredumper on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is minicoredumper

minicoredumper is:

minicoredumper is a program that handles the creation of core dump files on Linux. It can produce much smaller core dump files by making use of sparse files, compression, and allowing the user to configure what parts of the process memory image should be dumped.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install minicoredumper

Install minicoredumper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install minicoredumper

Install minicoredumper 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 minicoredumper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install minicoredumper

How To Uninstall minicoredumper on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove minicoredumper

Uninstall minicoredumper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove minicoredumper

Remove minicoredumper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge minicoredumper

Remove minicoredumper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minicoredumper

Dependencies

minicoredumper have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libelf1
• libjson-c5
• lsb-base
• adduser

References

• minicoredumper website

Summary

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