How To Install debuginfod on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debuginfod
on Kali Linux.
What is debuginfod
debuginfod is:
Server, client tool and library to index and fetch ELF/DWARF files addressed by build-id through HTTP.
There are three methods to install debuginfod
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 debuginfod Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debuginfod
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debuginfod
Install debuginfod Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debuginfod
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debuginfod
Install debuginfod 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 debuginfod
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debuginfod
How To Uninstall debuginfod on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the debuginfod
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debuginfod
Uninstall debuginfod And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debuginfod
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debuginfod
Remove debuginfod Configurations and Data
To remove debuginfod
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debuginfod
Remove debuginfod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debuginfod
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debuginfod
Dependencies
debuginfod have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debuginfod
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.