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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "net-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install net-tools on Kali Linux


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall net-tools on Kali Linux:


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

Package: net-tools
Version: 2.10-0.1
Installed-Size: 978
Maintainer: net-tools Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~)
Size: 243060
SHA256: bc2465112583c186e89c7d79fd035e1469968edad865e2e8f487f5f20c5d6fe9
SHA1: 32eb658d705b7651eab8b68efee1def1fd852415
MD5sum: de74db57654a7c87683be18e9f1acb16
Description: NET-3 networking toolkit
This package includes the important tools for controlling the network
subsystem of the Linux kernel. This includes arp, ifconfig, netstat,
rarp, nameif and route. Additionally, this package contains utilities
relating to particular network hardware types (plipconfig, slattach,
mii-tool) and advanced aspects of IP configuration (iptunnel, ipmaddr).
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In the upstream package 'hostname' and friends are included. Those are
not installed by this package, since there is a special "hostname*.deb".
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/
Tag: admin::configuring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
network::configuration, network::routing, network::vpn, protocol::ipv6,
role::program, scope::utility, use::routing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/net-tools/net-tools_2.10-0.1_amd64.deb