How to Install and Uninstall cpio Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "cpio" package

Please follow the guidance below to install cpio on Kali Linux


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall cpio on Kali Linux:


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

Package: cpio
Version: 2.15+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 1199
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cpio-mt
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: libarchive-dev
Conflicts: cpio-mt, mt-st (<< 0.6)
Size: 259524
SHA256: 4263228674d0d32689be7e490ac6810e3536895672e562661594094f88bdc84a
SHA1: a84960d7d31ecf8dd2a02df1720b3e6adac72a0b
MD5sum: 2b1659722cf6634c28a69c2f7d9a11cf
Description: GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of files
GNU cpio is a tool for creating and extracting archives, or copying
files from one place to another. It handles a number of cpio formats
as well as reading and writing tar files.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/
Tag: hardware::storage, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::storing,
works-with-format::tar, works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.15+dfsg-1_amd64.deb