How To Install user-mode-linux-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install user-mode-linux-doc on Kali Linux. user-mode-linux-doc is User-mode Linux (Documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install user-mode-linux-doc on Kali Linux.

What is user-mode-linux-doc

user-mode-linux-doc is:

Additional documentation for the user-mode-linux package, it consists of a copy of the useful web pages of http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/

There are three methods to install user-mode-linux-doc 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 user-mode-linux-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install user-mode-linux-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install user-mode-linux-doc

Install user-mode-linux-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install user-mode-linux-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install user-mode-linux-doc

Install user-mode-linux-doc 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 user-mode-linux-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install user-mode-linux-doc

How To Uninstall user-mode-linux-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the user-mode-linux-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove user-mode-linux-doc

Uninstall user-mode-linux-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall user-mode-linux-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove user-mode-linux-doc

Remove user-mode-linux-doc Configurations and Data

To remove user-mode-linux-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge user-mode-linux-doc

Remove user-mode-linux-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove user-mode-linux-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge user-mode-linux-doc

Dependencies

user-mode-linux-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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