How To Install os-prober on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install os-prober on Kali Linux. os-prober is utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install os-prober on Kali Linux.

What is os-prober

os-prober is:

This package detects other OSes available on a system and outputs the results in a generic machine-readable format.

There are three methods to install os-prober 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 os-prober Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install os-prober

Install os-prober Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install os-prober

Install os-prober 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 os-prober using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install os-prober

How To Uninstall os-prober on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the os-prober package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove os-prober

Uninstall os-prober And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove os-prober

Remove os-prober Configurations and Data

To remove os-prober configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge os-prober

Remove os-prober configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge os-prober

Dependencies

os-prober have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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