How to Install and Uninstall passwd Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "passwd" package

This is a short guide on how to install passwd on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall passwd on Kali Linux:


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

Package: passwd
Source: shadow
Version: 1:4.13+dfsg1-4
Installed-Size: 2834
Maintainer: Shadow package maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.36), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsemanage2 (>= 2.0.32), libpam-modules
Recommends: sensible-utils
Size: 973148
SHA256: 7c550adeecfbac984b6c8f7a1743be82c728c1ea406215feaca8020d9b5a8eec
SHA1: 1027e6c795c3cd3f700499b7145a084ebfb418a8
MD5sum: 2d2df681c20010ada2404e196d011aea
Description: change and administer password and group data
This package includes passwd, chsh, chfn, and many other programs to
maintain password and group data.
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Shadow passwords are supported. See /usr/share/doc/passwd/README.Debian
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow
Tag: admin::user-management, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, security::authentication
Section: admin
Priority: required
Filename: pool/main/s/shadow/passwd_4.13+dfsg1-4_amd64.deb