How to Install and Uninstall gdisk Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "gdisk" package

This tutorial shows how to install gdisk on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gdisk on Kali Linux:


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

Package: gdisk
Version: 1.0.9-2.1
Installed-Size: 885
Maintainer: Jonathan Carter
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Recommends: groff-base
Size: 221100
SHA256: 8a865e232b1d9e6259893369f019f57402c056799f7d7f46311a2eac2c7afc9f
SHA1: 62b188d65b2b1a87d2c2a7956fb457bf8233d244
MD5sum: 8e9eb3b6b60f84c1b2adb942386f3d5f
Description: GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool
GPT fdisk (aka gdisk) is a text-mode partitioning
tool that provides utilities for Globally Unique
Identifier (GUID) Partition Table (GPT) disks.
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Features:
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- Edit GUID partition table definitions
- In place conversion of BSD disklabels to GPT
- In place conversion of MBR to GPT
- In place conversion of GPT to MBR
- Create hybrid MBR/GPT layouts
- Repair damaged GPT data structures
- Repair damaged MBR structures
- Back up GPT data to a file (and restore from file)
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/
Tag: admin::TODO, admin::configuring, admin::filesystem, admin::hardware,
admin::recovery, hardware::storage, implemented-in::c++,
interface::commandline, interface::shell, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::TODO,
use::configuring, use::editing, works-with::TODO
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_1.0.9-2.1_amd64.deb