How To Install rdate on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rdate on Kali Linux. rdate is sets the systems date from a remote host with network time protocol

Introduction

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

What is rdate

rdate is:

OpenRdate or openrdate or rdate displays and sets the local date and time from the host name or address given as the argument. The time source may be an RFC 868 TCP protocol server, which is usually implemented as a built-in service of inetd(8), or an RFC 5905 protocol SNTP/NTP server. By default, rdate uses the RFC 868 TCP protocol.

OpenRdate supports IPv4 and IPv6 protocols.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rdate

Install rdate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rdate

Install rdate 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 rdate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rdate

How To Uninstall rdate on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rdate

Uninstall rdate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rdate

Remove rdate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rdate

Remove rdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rdate

Dependencies

rdate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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