How To Install passwd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is passwd

passwd is:

This package includes passwd, chsh, chfn, and many other programs to maintain password and group data.

Shadow passwords are supported. See /usr/share/doc/passwd/README.Debian

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install passwd

Install passwd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install passwd

Install passwd 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 passwd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install passwd

How To Uninstall passwd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove passwd

Uninstall passwd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove passwd

Remove passwd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge passwd

Remove passwd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge passwd

Dependencies

passwd have the following dependencies:

• libaudit1

References

• passwd website

Summary

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