How to Install and Uninstall cbootimage Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "cbootimage" package

This tutorial shows how to install cbootimage on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cbootimage
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cbootimage" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall cbootimage on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cbootimage
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cbootimage package on Kali Linux

Package: cbootimage
Version: 1.8-1
Installed-Size: 588
Maintainer: Marc Dietrich
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Size: 68092
SHA256: 14edd23c41926d76e9ea850cdab7d9e839907ea3be1daf9b45f889238215328d
SHA1: 568b12ec05caf5bd7719b9bf527e3ddd84c6b067
MD5sum: a1527ada824c171e0b77e195793ef43c
Description: Tools to dump and generate boot config table on Tegra devices
This package contains two programs to parse the boot config table (bct)
of Tegra SoC based devices and to generate a new bct with appended
bootloader (e.g. u-boot) read to be flashed to a storage device.
The boot config table is used in the early boot process to setup
the sdhci, DRAM memory controller and also points to the position of the
bootloader.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cbootimage
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cbootimage/cbootimage_1.8-1_amd64.deb