How To Install bash-builtins on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bash-builtins on Kali Linux.

What is bash-builtins

bash-builtins is:

Bash can dynamically load new builtin commands. Included are the
necessary headers to compile your own builtins and lots of examples.

There are three methods to install bash-builtins 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 bash-builtins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bash-builtins

Install bash-builtins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bash-builtins

Install bash-builtins 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 bash-builtins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bash-builtins

How To Uninstall bash-builtins on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bash-builtins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bash-builtins

Uninstall bash-builtins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bash-builtins

Remove bash-builtins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bash-builtins

Remove bash-builtins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bash-builtins

Dependencies

bash-builtins have the following dependencies:

• bash

References

• bash-builtins website

Summary

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