How To Install rcconf on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rcconf

rcconf is:

This tool configures system services in connection with system runlevels. It turns on/off services using the scripts in /etc/init.d/. Rcconf works with System-V style runlevel configuration. It is a TUI(Text User Interface) frontend to the update-rc.d command.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rcconf

Install rcconf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rcconf

Install rcconf 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 rcconf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rcconf

How To Uninstall rcconf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rcconf

Uninstall rcconf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rcconf

Remove rcconf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rcconf

Remove rcconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rcconf

Dependencies

rcconf have the following dependencies:

• whiptail
• sysv-rc
• perl

References

• rcconf website

Summary

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