How to Install and Uninstall mdevctl Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "mdevctl" package

This guide let you learn how to install mdevctl on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall mdevctl on Kali Linux:


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

Package: mdevctl
Version: 1.3.0-1
Installed-Size: 2681
Maintainer: Christian Ehrhardt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: udev, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.2)
Size: 838892
SHA256: 7a4ce9531f5cfe34993c0a5b0015c593284e487e7ccc0f2da004acd1ac03a775
SHA1: 9e6fcc88aaed4de2aa31e4d169a658dd46f94e73
MD5sum: fcbdddc739482a9e7df78f6cb7b0015d
Description: Mediated device management utility for Linux
mdevctl is a utility for managing and persisting devices in the mediated
device framework of the Linux kernel. Mediated devices are sub-devices
of a parent device (ex. a vGPU) which can be dynamically created and
potentially used by drivers like vfio-mdev for assignment to virtual machines.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/mdevctl/mdevctl
Built-Using: rustc (= 1.70.0+dfsg1-5)
X-Cargo-Built-Using: rust-aho-corasick (= 1.1.2-1), rust-anstream (= 0.6.7-1), rust-anstyle (= 1.0.4-1), rust-anstyle-parse (= 0.2.1-1), rust-anstyle-query (= 1.0.0-1), rust-anyhow (= 1.0.75-1), rust-bitflags (= 2.4.2-1), rust-cfg-if (= 1.0.0-1), rust-clap-builder (= 4.4.18-1), rust-clap (= 4.4.18-1), rust-clap-lex (= 0.6.0-2), rust-colorchoice (= 1.0.0-1), rust-env-logger (= 0.10.0-2), rust-getrandom (= 0.2.10-1), rust-hashbrown (= 0.12.3-1), rust-humantime (= 2.1.0-1), rust-indexmap (= 1.9.3-1), rust-itoa (= 1.0.9-1), rust-libc (= 0.2.152-1), rust-linux-raw-sys (= 0.4.12-1), rust-log (= 0.4.20-2), rust-memchr (= 2.6.4-3), rust-regex-automata (= 0.4.3-1), rust-regex (= 1.10.2-1), rust-regex-syntax (= 0.8.2-1), rust-rustix (= 0.38.30-1), rust-ryu (= 1.0.15-1), rust-serde (= 1.0.195-1), rust-serde-json (= 1.0.111-1), rust-strsim (= 0.10.0-1), rust-termcolor (= 1.4.0-1), rust-terminal-size (= 0.3.0-2), rust-utf8parse (= 0.2.1-1), rust-uuid (= 1.6.1-1), rustc (= 1.70.0+dfsg1-5)
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mdevctl/mdevctl_1.3.0-1_amd64.deb