How to Install and Uninstall htpdate Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "htpdate" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install htpdate on Kali Linux


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

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


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

Package: htpdate
Source: htpdate (1.3.7-2)
Version: 1.3.7-2+b1
Installed-Size: 76
Maintainer: Thiago Andrade Marques
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Size: 22508
SHA256: f8c12b536fc16043819ed2f536a4eac383977c8ee5142f761d362b38d3beb11f
SHA1: d23d48bf73b34e9d66ee3318ca5f602ac52a2f58
MD5sum: 244a841023efcf0e96d155c6d2bca1ee
Description: HTTP based time synchronization tool
The HTTP Time Protocol (HTP) is used to synchronize a computer's time with
web servers as reference time source. This program can be used instead
ntpdate or similar, in networks that has a firewall blocking the NTP port.
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Htpdate will synchronize the computer time to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
using the timestamps from HTTP headers found in web servers response (the
HEAD method will be used to get the information).
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Htpdate works through proxy servers. Accuracy of htpdate will be usually
within 0.5 seconds (better with multiple servers).
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/twekkel/htpdate
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/htpdate/htpdate_1.3.7-2+b1_amd64.deb