How to Install and Uninstall pax-utils Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "pax-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install pax-utils on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pax-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pax-utils" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall pax-utils on Kali Linux:


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

Package: pax-utils
Version: 1.3.7-1
Installed-Size: 306
Maintainer: Tomasz Buchert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: binutils, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), python3:any, python3-pyelftools
Suggests: paxctl
Size: 85288
SHA256: 44511cbb14c08788688c56e2aa38fc6d10cb3fd8a83d6cceae30e29264d45d23
SHA1: 96391f58cc7ac72a602fa6b8c775e5d2a0c9f9a9
MD5sum: 85b7642bef029583253f155061dba9e6
Description: Security-focused ELF files checking tool
This is a small set of various PaX aware and related utilities for ELF
binaries. It can check ELF binary files and running processes for
issues that might be relevant when using ELF binaries along with PaX,
such as non-PIC code or executable stack and heap.
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This package installs: dumpelf, lddtree, pspax, scanelf, scanmacho
and symtree.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/PaX_Utilities
Tag: devel::machinecode, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, works-with-format::TODO,
works-with::software:running
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pax-utils/pax-utils_1.3.7-1_amd64.deb