How To Install hotpatch on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hotpatch
on Kali Linux.
What is hotpatch
hotpatch is:
Hotpatch is a library that can be used to dynamically load a shared library (.so) file on Linux from one process into another already running process, without affecting the execution of the target process. The API is a C API, but also supported in C++.
There are three methods to install hotpatch
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 hotpatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hotpatch
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hotpatch
Install hotpatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hotpatch
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hotpatch
Install hotpatch 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 hotpatch
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hotpatch
How To Uninstall hotpatch on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the hotpatch
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hotpatch
Uninstall hotpatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hotpatch
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hotpatch
Remove hotpatch Configurations and Data
To remove hotpatch
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hotpatch
Remove hotpatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hotpatch
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hotpatch
Dependencies
hotpatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hotpatch
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.