How To Install par on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is par

par is:

Greatly enhanced fmt type program by Adam M. Costello.

Can be used within vi or other editor to automatically reformat text in a variety of ways.

Perfect for use with email & usenet messages as it correctly handles multiple levels of quoting characters.

This version includes a patch allowing multi-byte and multi-width character encodings.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install par

Install par Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install par

Install par 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 par using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install par

How To Uninstall par on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove par

Uninstall par And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove par

Remove par Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge par

Remove par configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge par

Dependencies

par have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• par website

Summary

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