How To Install software-properties-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install software-properties-common on Kali Linux. software-properties-common is manage the repositories that you install software from (common)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install software-properties-common on Kali Linux.

What is `software-properties-common`

software-properties-common is:

This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories.
It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software
vendor software sources.

This package contains the common files for software-properties like the
D-Bus backend.

There are three methods to install software-properties-common 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 software-properties-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-common

Install software-properties-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install software-properties-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install software-properties-common

Install software-properties-common 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 software-properties-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install software-properties-common

How To Uninstall software-properties-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the software-properties-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove software-properties-common

Uninstall software-properties-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove software-properties-common

Remove software-properties-common Configurations and Data

To remove software-properties-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge software-properties-common

Remove software-properties-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove software-properties-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge software-properties-common

Dependencies

software-properties-common have the following dependencies:

References

software-properties-common website

Summary

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