How To Install doc-rfc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-rfc on Kali Linux.
What is doc-rfc
doc-rfc is:
RFC (Request for Comments) documents are a series of technical and organizational notes about the Internet. They are edited by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
This is a metapackage that pulls in the new doc-rfc-xxx packages (those that most closely correspond to the old doc-rfc package).
It can be removed if users want just a subset of the RFCs.
There are three methods to install doc-rfc 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 doc-rfc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install doc-rfc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install doc-rfcInstall doc-rfc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install doc-rfc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install doc-rfcInstall doc-rfc 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install doc-rfc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install doc-rfcHow To Uninstall doc-rfc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the doc-rfc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove doc-rfcUninstall doc-rfc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall doc-rfc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove doc-rfcRemove doc-rfc Configurations and Data
To remove doc-rfc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge doc-rfcRemove doc-rfc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove doc-rfc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge doc-rfcDependencies
doc-rfc have the following dependencies:
- doc-rfc-experimental
- doc-rfc-fyi-bcp
- doc-rfc-informational
- doc-rfc-misc
- doc-rfc-old-std
- doc-rfc-others
- doc-rfc-std
- doc-rfc-std-proposed
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install doc-rfc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
