How to Install and Uninstall console-common Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "console-common" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install console-common on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                console-common
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "console-common" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall console-common on Kali Linux:


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

Package: console-common
Version: 0.7.91
Installed-Size: 481
Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Architecture: all
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, debianutils (>= 1.13), console-data, kbd, lsb-base (>= 3.0)
Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
Size: 107248
SHA256: 2122b2ccd5a04d3cfcb62adb749cc003d6e7e56cf55fc92c8ca0a233f4c8c03c
SHA1: 1488b8fb68c79bcedf473db698b928771742c81f
MD5sum: 7974124bf19d0d4fb34a950eaf72b65c
Description: basic infrastructure for text console configuration
This package contains the install-keymap(8) utility, which is the
recommended tool to specify a boot-time keymap to the system, as well
as tools for internal use of keymap-providing packages.
Description-md5:
Tag: admin::configuring, hardware::input, role::app-data, role::program,
use::configuring
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/console-common/console-common_0.7.91_all.deb