How to Install and Uninstall msr-tools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "msr-tools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install msr-tools on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                msr-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "msr-tools" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall msr-tools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                msr-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the msr-tools package on Kali Linux

Package: msr-tools
Version: 1.3-5
Installed-Size: 45
Maintainer: Andres Salomon
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Size: 10080
SHA256: ca603419f226dba02b866f03a51eaa60589c142e7e958f9235f19477c73c8914
SHA1: 13fe2d64d4a82d1f942742cca56f14a6d7f07ccc
MD5sum: 06a9871365138a172789243f4eb7c810
Description: Utilities for modifying MSRs from userspace
MSRs are Machine Specific Registers that are used to set values for
hardware to use, or to pass values between the BIOS and kernel. This
package provides utilities to both read and write MSRs. Reading and
writing MSRs might be useful when debugging kernel drivers, for example.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/01org/msr-tools
Tag: role::program
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/msr-tools/msr-tools_1.3-5_amd64.deb