How To Install amanda-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is amanda-common

amanda-common is:

This package contains libraries required by the amanda client and
server packages and includes the documentation.

There are three methods to install amanda-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 amanda-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 amanda-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install amanda-common

Install amanda-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install amanda-common

Install amanda-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 amanda-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install amanda-common

How To Uninstall amanda-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove amanda-common

Uninstall amanda-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove amanda-common

Remove amanda-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge amanda-common

Remove amanda-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amanda-common

Dependencies

amanda-common have the following dependencies:

• adduser
• bsd-mailx
• debconf
• openbsd-inetd
• update-inetd
• libjson-perl
• perl
• perlapi-5.32.0
• libc6
• libcurl4
• libglib2.0-0
• libssl1.1

References

• amanda-common website

Summary

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