How to Install and Uninstall cloud-init Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "cloud-init" package

Please follow the steps below to install cloud-init on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cloud-init
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cloud-init" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cloud-init on Kali Linux:


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

Package: cloud-init
Version: 23.3.1-1
Installed-Size: 2870
Maintainer: Debian Cloud Team
Architecture: all
Depends: eject, fdisk | util-linux (<< 2.29.2-3~), gdisk, isc-dhcp-client, locales, lsb-release, procps, python3-configobj, python3-jinja2, python3-jsonpatch, python3-jsonschema, python3-netifaces, python3-oauthlib, python3-requests, python3-serial, python3-yaml, python3:any
Recommends: cloud-guest-utils, eatmydata, sudo
Suggests: btrfs-progs, e2fsprogs, xfsprogs
Size: 619584
SHA256: e3c7a4fdd868836cc1fa62c2d0f11dc4e5c4aeae522066f6ba704f8081386651
SHA1: ccb79291c342a2b31cbc7cc37864ae57ec561b69
MD5sum: 5f4300a958801526993721cfbccd7a96
Description: initialization system for infrastructure cloud instances
Cloud-init provides a framework and tool to configure and customize virtual
machine instances for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds platforms. It
can for example set a default locale and hostname, generate SSH private host
keys, install SSH public keys for logging into a default account, set up
ephemeral mount points, and run user-provided scripts.
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Various methods are supported for passing data to the instance at launch
time, including the standard interfaces of multiple platforms.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/cloud-init
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-init/cloud-init_23.3.1-1_all.deb