How To Install rpm-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm-common on Kali Linux.

What is rpm-common

rpm-common is:

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages.

This package contains some scripts and default configuration which is used by RPM libraries.

There are three methods to install rpm-common 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 rpm-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rpm-common

Install rpm-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rpm-common

Install rpm-common 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 rpm-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rpm-common

How To Uninstall rpm-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rpm-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rpm-common

Uninstall rpm-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rpm-common

Remove rpm-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rpm-common

Remove rpm-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rpm-common

Dependencies

rpm-common have the following dependencies:

• libaudit1

References

• rpm-common website

Summary

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