How To Install rpm2cpio on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm2cpio on Kali Linux. rpm2cpio is tool to convert RPM package to CPIO archive

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm2cpio on Kali Linux.

What is rpm2cpio

rpm2cpio 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 tool to convert RPM packages to standard CPIO archive.

There are three methods to install rpm2cpio 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 rpm2cpio Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rpm2cpio using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rpm2cpio

Install rpm2cpio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rpm2cpio using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rpm2cpio

Install rpm2cpio 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 rpm2cpio using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rpm2cpio

How To Uninstall rpm2cpio on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rpm2cpio package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rpm2cpio

Uninstall rpm2cpio And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rpm2cpio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rpm2cpio

Remove rpm2cpio Configurations and Data

To remove rpm2cpio configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rpm2cpio

Remove rpm2cpio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rpm2cpio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rpm2cpio

Dependencies

rpm2cpio have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpm2cpio package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.