How to Install and Uninstall coreutils Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "coreutils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install coreutils on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall coreutils on Kali Linux:


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

Package: coreutils
Source: coreutils (9.4-3)
Version: 9.4-3+b1
Essential: yes
Installed-Size: 18307
Maintainer: Michael Stone
Architecture: amd64
Pre-Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libattr1 (>= 1:2.4.48), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.3.0+dfsg), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Size: 2950312
SHA256: d1e084368e5fbf387cdd2ed40153fcb5a731a2bcb4268fbce9b9ca2ff0b4ee34
SHA1: b1ea291bf8f69b1c0fa78364109116abb81d3664
MD5sum: 3b412cdd4c2220cd62b44fd6f98ef200
Description: GNU core utilities
This package contains the basic file, shell and text manipulation
utilities which are expected to exist on every operating system.
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Specifically, this package includes:
arch base64 basename cat chcon chgrp chmod chown chroot cksum comm cp
csplit cut date dd df dir dircolors dirname du echo env expand expr
factor false flock fmt fold groups head hostid id install join link ln
logname ls md5sum mkdir mkfifo mknod mktemp mv nice nl nohup nproc numfmt
od paste pathchk pinky pr printenv printf ptx pwd readlink realpath rm
rmdir runcon sha*sum seq shred sleep sort split stat stty sum sync tac
tail tee test timeout touch tr true truncate tsort tty uname unexpand
uniq unlink users vdir wc who whoami yes
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://gnu.org/software/coreutils
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/c/coreutils/coreutils_9.4-3+b1_amd64.deb