How To Install timelimit on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is timelimit

timelimit is:

The timelimit utility executes a command and terminates the spawned process after a given time with a given signal. A “warning” signal is sent first, then, after a timeout, a “kill” signal, similar to the way init(8) operates on shutdown.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install timelimit

Install timelimit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install timelimit

Install timelimit 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 timelimit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install timelimit

How To Uninstall timelimit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove timelimit

Uninstall timelimit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove timelimit

Remove timelimit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge timelimit

Remove timelimit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge timelimit

Dependencies

timelimit have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• timelimit website

Summary

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