How To Install netbase on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is netbase

netbase is:

This package provides the necessary infrastructure for basic TCP/IP based networking.

In particular, it supplies common name-to-number mappings in /etc/services, /etc/rpc, /etc/protocols and /etc/ethertypes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install netbase

Install netbase Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install netbase

Install netbase 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 netbase using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install netbase

How To Uninstall netbase on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove netbase

Uninstall netbase And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove netbase

Remove netbase Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge netbase

Remove netbase configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netbase

Dependencies

netbase have the following dependencies:

References

• netbase website

Summary

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