How to Install and Uninstall hotpatch Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "hotpatch" package

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


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall hotpatch on Kali Linux:


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

Package: hotpatch
Version: 0.2-1kali4
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 221
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Homepage: https://github.com/vikasnkumar/hotpatch
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Filename: pool/main/h/hotpatch/hotpatch_0.2-1kali4_amd64.deb
Size: 40220
SHA256: 55b84497693c2917e6159bfae1206152877f9f6d87b02607ffc6d3031af8a6d7
SHA1: 557a232aa92fcbd0b85f9839783e9c837b637b1d
MD5sum: 7abc0c115f31a0a23aa1d975dce0f778
Description: Hot patches Linux executables with .so file injection
Hotpatch is a library that can be used to dynamically load a
shared library (.so) file on Linux from one process into
another already running process, without affecting the
execution of the target process. The API is a C API, but
also supported in C++.
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