How To Install boot-info-script on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install boot-info-script on Kali Linux.

What is boot-info-script

boot-info-script is:

boot-info-script generates a report of your boot environment. This report can easily be read or sent to someone else in case you can not fix the problem yourself.

There are three methods to install boot-info-script 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 boot-info-script Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install boot-info-script

Install boot-info-script Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install boot-info-script using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install boot-info-script

Install boot-info-script 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 boot-info-script using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install boot-info-script

How To Uninstall boot-info-script on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the boot-info-script package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove boot-info-script

Uninstall boot-info-script And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove boot-info-script

Remove boot-info-script Configurations and Data

To remove boot-info-script configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge boot-info-script

Remove boot-info-script configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove boot-info-script configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge boot-info-script

Dependencies

boot-info-script have the following dependencies:

• bsdextrautils
• e2fsprogs
• fdisk
• gawk

References

• boot-info-script website

Summary

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