How To Install ifupdown on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ifupdown

ifupdown is:

This package provides the tools ifup and ifdown which may be used to configure (or, respectively, deconfigure) network interfaces based on interface definitions in the file /etc/network/interfaces.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ifupdown

Install ifupdown Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ifupdown

Install ifupdown 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 ifupdown using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ifupdown

How To Uninstall ifupdown on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ifupdown

Uninstall ifupdown And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ifupdown

Remove ifupdown Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ifupdown

Remove ifupdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ifupdown

Dependencies

ifupdown have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• lsb-base
• adduser
• iproute2

References

• ifupdown website

Summary

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