Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spl on Kali Linux.
What is spl
spl is:
The Solaris Porting Layer (SPL) is a Linux kernel module which provides
many of the Solaris kernel APIs. This shim layer makes it possible to
run Solaris kernel code in the Linux kernel with relatively minimal
modification. The Solaris Porting LAyer Tests (SPLAT) is a Linux kernel
module which provides a testing harness for the SPL module.
SPL can be particularly useful when you want to track upstream Illumos
(or any other OpenSolaris fork) development closely and don’t want the
overhead of maintaining a large patch which converts Solaris primitives
to Linux primitives.
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install spl 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 spl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install spl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install splInstall spl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install splInstall spl 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install spl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spl
How To Uninstall spl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the spl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spl
Uninstall spl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spl
Remove spl Configurations and Data
To remove spl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spl
Remove spl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spl
Dependencies
spl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
