How To Install abootimg on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is abootimg

abootimg is:

Android devices use a special partition format to boot any
operating system on the devices. These boot-images contain
a kernel image, a ramdisk, optionally a 2nd stage boot loader
and the commandline passed to the kernel when booting.
The original mkbootimg from Android can only create these images
where abootimg can also extract and modify them.
Handling android boot images is necessary when bringing other
operating systems to android devices.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install abootimg

Install abootimg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install abootimg

Install abootimg 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 abootimg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install abootimg

How To Uninstall abootimg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove abootimg

Uninstall abootimg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove abootimg

Remove abootimg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge abootimg

Remove abootimg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge abootimg

Dependencies

abootimg have the following dependencies:

• libblkid1
• libc6

References

• abootimg website

Summary

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