How To Install ngetty on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ngetty

ngetty is:

Ngetty is a daemon that starts login sessions on virtual console terminals, on demand. It is a good replacement for all those getty processes started from init that, most of the time, are only taking up memory. Since it is compiled statically with dietlibc, the ngetty binary size is only about 2k and uses considerably less memory than a usual getty implementations.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ngetty

Install ngetty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ngetty

Install ngetty 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 ngetty using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ngetty

How To Uninstall ngetty on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ngetty

Uninstall ngetty And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ngetty

Remove ngetty Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ngetty

Remove ngetty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ngetty

Dependencies

ngetty have the following dependencies:

• lsb-base

References

• ngetty website

Summary

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