How To Install sysconftool on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sysconftool

sysconftool is:

sysconftool is a development utility that helps to install application configuration files. sysconftool allows an existing application to be upgraded without losing the older version’s configuration settings, but that’s the advantage over plain dpkg upgrading, will add new configuration settings (and remove unneeded).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sysconftool

Install sysconftool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sysconftool

Install sysconftool 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 sysconftool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sysconftool

How To Uninstall sysconftool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sysconftool

Uninstall sysconftool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sysconftool

Remove sysconftool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sysconftool

Remove sysconftool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sysconftool

Dependencies

sysconftool have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• sysconftool website

Summary

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