How To Install wraplinux on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wraplinux

wraplinux is:

wraplinux is a tool to wrap an x86 Linux kernel and one or more initrd files into asingle file in ELF or NBI format, as required by some booting protocols.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wraplinux

Install wraplinux Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wraplinux

Install wraplinux 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 wraplinux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wraplinux

How To Uninstall wraplinux on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wraplinux

Uninstall wraplinux And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wraplinux

Remove wraplinux Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wraplinux

Remove wraplinux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wraplinux

Dependencies

wraplinux have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• wraplinux website

Summary

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