How To Install urfkill on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install urfkill on Kali Linux.
What is urfkill
urfkill is:
The urfkill daemon allow managing the rfkill-related hotkeys and the killswitches in a more configurable way for the common RF devices (WiFi, Bluetooth, WWan…). It handles the various key codes (KEY_WLAN, KEY_BLUETOOTH, KEY_RFKILL…) and toggles the killswitches based on a pre-defined policy.
There are three methods to install urfkill 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 urfkill Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install urfkill using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install urfkillInstall urfkill Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install urfkill using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install urfkillInstall urfkill 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install urfkill using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install urfkillHow To Uninstall urfkill on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the urfkill package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove urfkillUninstall urfkill And Its Dependencies
To uninstall urfkill and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove urfkillRemove urfkill Configurations and Data
To remove urfkill configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge urfkillRemove urfkill configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove urfkill configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge urfkillDependencies
urfkill have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libexpat1
- libglib2.0-0
- libpolkit-gobject-1-0
- libudev1
- libdbus-1-3
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- dbus
- libgudev-1.0-0
- default-logind
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install urfkill package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
