How To Install pciutils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pciutils on Kali Linux. pciutils is PCI utilities

Introduction

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

What is pciutils

pciutils is:

This package contains various utilities for inspecting and setting of devices connected to the PCI bus.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pciutils

Install pciutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pciutils

Install pciutils 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 pciutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pciutils

How To Uninstall pciutils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pciutils

Uninstall pciutils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pciutils

Remove pciutils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pciutils

Remove pciutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pciutils

Dependencies

pciutils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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