How To Install s6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install s6 on Kali Linux.

What is s6

s6 is:

s6 is a small suite of programs for UNIX, designed to allow process supervision (a.k.a service supervision), in the line of daemontools and runit, as well as various operations on processes and daemons. It is meant to be a toolbox for low-level process and service administration, providing different sets of independent tools that can be used within or without the framework, and that can be assembled together to achieve powerful functionality with a very small amount of code.

Documentation is provided in s6-doc package.

There are three methods to install s6 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 s6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install s6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install s6

Install s6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install s6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install s6

Install s6 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 s6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install s6

How To Uninstall s6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the s6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove s6

Uninstall s6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall s6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove s6

Remove s6 Configurations and Data

To remove s6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge s6

Remove s6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove s6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge s6

Dependencies

s6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libexecline2.7
• libs6-2.10
• libskarnet2.10

References

• s6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install s6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.