How To Install vgabios on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vgabios

vgabios is:

The goal of this project is to provide a Video BIOS for Bochs. This VGA BIOS is very specific to the bochs emulated VGA card.

WARNING: It is NOT meant to drive a physical vga card. You will probably fry it if you try. You have been warned.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vgabios

Install vgabios Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vgabios

Install vgabios 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 vgabios using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vgabios

How To Uninstall vgabios on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vgabios

Uninstall vgabios And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vgabios

Remove vgabios Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vgabios

Remove vgabios configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vgabios

Dependencies

vgabios have the following dependencies:

References

• vgabios website

Summary

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