How To Install switchsh on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is switchsh

switchsh is:

Small program to bind-mount bash as /bin/sh for its child processes.

It can be used when bash is not the default shell interpreter but a given program makes use of bashisms (features not required by Policy for sh) and one wants to run it without changing (or can not change) the default sh.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install switchsh

Install switchsh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install switchsh

Install switchsh 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 switchsh using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install switchsh

How To Uninstall switchsh on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove switchsh

Uninstall switchsh And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove switchsh

Remove switchsh Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge switchsh

Remove switchsh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge switchsh

Dependencies

switchsh have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• switchsh website

Summary

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