How To Install whatmaps on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is whatmaps

whatmaps is:

After package upgrades (especially security fixes), services using a shared library need to be restarted to make use of the updated version.

Whatmaps looks for shared objects provided by upgraded packages, lists any running processes that map them, and can integrate with APT to restart services as needed after security upgrades.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install whatmaps

Install whatmaps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install whatmaps

Install whatmaps 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 whatmaps using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install whatmaps

How To Uninstall whatmaps on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove whatmaps

Uninstall whatmaps And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove whatmaps

Remove whatmaps Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge whatmaps

Remove whatmaps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge whatmaps

Dependencies

whatmaps have the following dependencies:

• debconf
• python3

References

• whatmaps website

Summary

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