How To Install prctl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is prctl

prctl is:

prctl is a tool to query and modify process behavior. Supported process behavior is handling of unaligned memory access, handling of floating point software assist faults and machine check memory corruption kill policy. Some of this functionality is supported by the kernel only on a subset of architectures.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install prctl

Install prctl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install prctl

Install prctl 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 prctl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prctl

How To Uninstall prctl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove prctl

Uninstall prctl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prctl

Remove prctl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge prctl

Remove prctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prctl

Dependencies

prctl have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• prctl website

Summary

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