How To Install tiny-initramfs on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tiny-initramfs on Kali Linux.

What is tiny-initramfs

tiny-initramfs is:

This package builds a bootable initramfs for Linux kernel packages. The initramfs is loaded along with the kernel and is responsible for mounting the root filesystem and starting the main init system.

There are three methods to install tiny-initramfs 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 tiny-initramfs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tiny-initramfs

Install tiny-initramfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tiny-initramfs

Install tiny-initramfs 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 tiny-initramfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tiny-initramfs

How To Uninstall tiny-initramfs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tiny-initramfs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tiny-initramfs

Uninstall tiny-initramfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tiny-initramfs

Remove tiny-initramfs Configurations and Data

To remove tiny-initramfs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tiny-initramfs

Remove tiny-initramfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tiny-initramfs

Dependencies

tiny-initramfs have the following dependencies:

• tiny-initramfs-core
• tiny-initramfs-core

References

• tiny-initramfs website

Summary

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