How To Install netplug on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is netplug

netplug is:

This daemon monitors the link status of network cards and configures the network on plug- and un-plug-events.

It’s similar to ifplugd, but uses NETLINK instead of regularly polling the link status. This improves power-consumption with laptops, but does not work with all network card. And it can’t be configured to ignore short unplugged or plugged periods like ifplugd.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install netplug

Install netplug Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install netplug

Install netplug 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 netplug using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install netplug

How To Uninstall netplug on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove netplug

Uninstall netplug And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove netplug

Remove netplug Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge netplug

Remove netplug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netplug

Dependencies

netplug have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• iproute2
• lsb-base

References

• netplug website

Summary

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