How To Install netplan.io on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netplan.io on Kali Linux.
What is netplan.io
netplan.io is:
netplan reads YAML network configuration files which are written by administrators, installers, cloud image instantiations, or other OS deployments. During early boot it then generates backend specific configuration files in /run to hand off control of devices to a particular networking daemon.
Currently supported backends are networkd and NetworkManager.
There are three methods to install netplan.io 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 netplan.io Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install netplan.io using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netplan.ioInstall netplan.io Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install netplan.io using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netplan.ioInstall netplan.io 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install netplan.io using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netplan.ioHow To Uninstall netplan.io on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the netplan.io package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netplan.ioUninstall netplan.io And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netplan.io and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netplan.ioRemove netplan.io Configurations and Data
To remove netplan.io configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netplan.ioRemove netplan.io configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netplan.io configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netplan.ioDependencies
netplan.io have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netplan.io package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
