How to Install and Uninstall finger Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "finger" package

Please follow the guidance below to install finger on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall finger on Kali Linux:


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

Package: finger
Source: bsd-finger
Version: 0.17-17
Installed-Size: 49
Maintainer: Josue Ortega
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: netstd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
Size: 19796
SHA256: 7931fa53b802c906bebe071fe7bc50ed1486c8f41ca90f25950529a127e3711d
SHA1: 5e3dd486f35a87501550c664dabb705f0766bae6
MD5sum: d14e9e3a65ef80711b38be10c4c17178
Description: user information lookup program
finger displays information about the system users.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/
Tag: interface::commandline, network::client, protocol::finger,
role::program, works-with::people
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bsd-finger/finger_0.17-17_amd64.deb