Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemctl on Kali Linux.
What is systemctl
systemctl is:
“systemctl” is a replacement command to control system daemons without
systemd. “systemctl” is useful in application containers where systemd is
not available to start/stop services.
This script can also be run as init of an application container (i.e. the
main “CMD” on PID 1) where it will automatically bring up all enabled
services in the “multi-user.target” and where it will reap all zombies
from background processes in the container. When stopping such a container
it will also bring down all configured services correctly before exit.
There are three methods to install systemctl 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 systemctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install systemctl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install systemctlInstall systemctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install systemctl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install systemctlInstall systemctl 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 systemctl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install systemctlHow To Uninstall systemctl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the systemctl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove systemctlUninstall systemctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall systemctl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemctlRemove systemctl Configurations and Data
To remove systemctl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge systemctlRemove systemctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove systemctl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemctlDependencies
systemctl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemctl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
