How to Install and Uninstall patch Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "patch" package

Learn how to install patch on Kali Linux


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

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


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

Package: patch
Version: 2.7.6-7
Installed-Size: 248
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17)
Suggests: ed, diffutils-doc
Size: 127848
SHA256: 8c6d49b771530dbe26d7bd060582dc7d2b4eeb603a20789debc1ef4bbbc4ef67
SHA1: d8fc9fc60d8dbb16d2642ea2770f66730323ed45
MD5sum: f1682a98c3f4dee94ab083e423283c84
Description: Apply a diff file to an original
Patch will take a patch file containing any of the four forms
of difference listing produced by the diff program and apply
those differences to an original file, producing a patched
version.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/
Build-Essential: yes
Tag: devel::rcs, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::gnu, use::editing, use::synchronizing,
works-with-format::TODO, works-with-format::diff,
works-with-format::plaintext, works-with::file,
works-with::software:source, works-with::text
Section: vcs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/patch/patch_2.7.6-7_amd64.deb