How to Install and Uninstall curl Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 26,2024

1. Install "curl" package

Learn how to install curl on Kali Linux


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

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


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

Package: curl
Version: 8.5.0-2
Installed-Size: 518
Maintainer: Debian Curl Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcurl4 (= 8.5.0-2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Size: 339428
SHA256: e03ca409f831506e6f5f790b40eea03500f980dce6a8a30c59d61de38a206a9f
SHA1: aa62378c5ea06cc13c9985b54fffec15b4c0f045
MD5sum: 0c97cf34ea30a5345dfb2d3389ee1297
Description: command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax
curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting
DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3,
POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
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curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form
based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest,
NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a
busload of other useful tricks.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://curl.se/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
protocol::ftp, protocol::gopher, protocol::http, protocol::imap,
protocol::ipv6, protocol::kerberos, protocol::ldap, protocol::pop3,
protocol::sftp, protocol::smtp, protocol::ssh, protocol::ssl,
protocol::telnet, protocol::tftp, role::program, scope::utility,
use::downloading, use::synchronizing, use::transmission,
works-with::file, works-with::mail
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/curl/curl_8.5.0-2_amd64.deb