How To Install openrc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is openrc

openrc is:

OpenRC is a dependency based service manager. It provides support for System V init, for booting, changing runlevels, starting and stopping services, and shutting down.

Originally written as a Gentoo project, OpenRC aims at being platform-agnostic. It works equally well on Linux, BSD and Hurd. It supports the traditional init system in Debian in addition to many alternatives. OpenRC is implemented in C in a small, simple and efficient way, making it easy to understand, extend and reuse.

This package provides the runlevel change mechanism.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install openrc

Install openrc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install openrc

Install openrc 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 openrc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openrc

How To Uninstall openrc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove openrc

Uninstall openrc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openrc

Remove openrc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge openrc

Remove openrc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openrc

Dependencies

openrc have the following dependencies:

• insserv
• libaudit1

References

• openrc website

Summary

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