How To Install rr on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rr

rr is:

rr allows application executions to be recorded and then replayed with gdb as many times as desired.

This allows intermittent, or complex to reproduce, bugs to be captured and then debugged at leisure. Replays are deterministic, always identical from one run to another.

rr is incompatible with ptrace hardening, and currently only supports Intel CPUs with Nehalem or later microarchitectures, and some Zen CPUs. The amd64 package supports debugging amd64 and i386 binaries.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rr

Install rr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rr

Install rr 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 rr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rr

How To Uninstall rr on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rr

Uninstall rr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rr

Remove rr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rr

Remove rr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rr

Dependencies

rr have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• rr website

Summary

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