How to Install and Uninstall sntp Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "sntp" package

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


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

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


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

Package: sntp
Source: ntpsec (1.2.2+dfsg1-4)
Version: 1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-2~1.2.2+dfsg1-4
Installed-Size: 69
Maintainer: Richard Laager
Architecture: all
Depends: ntpsec-ntpdig
Size: 22404
SHA256: 1122cc3c161feff45a5fc1d3f625aa398edc73a9fa4dd9cee1c93273057e29c0
SHA1: eaefec6a69051057996ffe5c84bcccd8e75bff93
MD5sum: 7fb3555e01fb9218e6a6bf5a29b37ecb
Description: Network Time Protocol client (transitional package)
This is a transitional package to transition to NTPsec.
It can be safely removed once all uses of sntp(1) have been converted to
run ntpdig instead.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.ntpsec.org
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ntpsec/sntp_4.2.8p15+dfsg-2~1.2.2+dfsg1-4_all.deb