How to Install and Uninstall base-files Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "base-files" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install base-files on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                base-files
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "base-files" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall base-files on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                base-files
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the base-files package on Kali Linux

Package: base-files
Version: 1:2024.1.0
Architecture: amd64
Essential: yes
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 351
Pre-Depends: awk
Breaks: debian-security-support (<< 2019.04.25), initscripts (<< 2.88dsf-13.3), sendfile (<< 2.1b.20080616-5.2~)
Replaces: base, dpkg (<= 1.15.0), miscutils
Provides: base
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Section: admin
Filename: pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_2024.1.0_amd64.deb
Size: 74244
SHA256: 770e086671ccb2ece03965774c835843bf25ad2c2d637fcb347559d5333dff19
SHA1: 51db6e3874a221de6577375118b63c33cf9d6045
MD5sum: 9cb376becaeff2ad81cd60df555bde35
Description: Debian base system miscellaneous files
This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Debian system, and
several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version,
/etc/host.conf, /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/profile, and others,
and the text of several common licenses in use on Debian systems.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: Santiago Vila