How To Install rear-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rear-doc on Kali Linux.

What is rear-doc

rear-doc is:

It is a modular framework with many ready-to-go workflows for common situations. Relax-and-Recover produces a bootable image. This image can repartition the system. Once that is done it initiates a restore from backup. Restores to different hardware are possible. Relax-and-Recover can therefore be used as a migration tool as well.

This package contains the documentation of rear.

There are three methods to install rear-doc 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 rear-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rear-doc

Install rear-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rear-doc

Install rear-doc 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 rear-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rear-doc

How To Uninstall rear-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rear-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rear-doc

Uninstall rear-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rear-doc

Remove rear-doc Configurations and Data

To remove rear-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rear-doc

Remove rear-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rear-doc

Dependencies

rear-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• rear-doc website

Summary

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