How to Install and Uninstall spectre-meltdown-checker Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "spectre-meltdown-checker" package

Please follow the steps below to install spectre-meltdown-checker on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                spectre-meltdown-checker
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "spectre-meltdown-checker" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall spectre-meltdown-checker on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                spectre-meltdown-checker
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the spectre-meltdown-checker package on Kali Linux

Package: spectre-meltdown-checker
Version: 0.46-1
Installed-Size: 258
Maintainer: Sylvestre Ledru
Architecture: all
Size: 56380
SHA256: 1232b6c370244261ea111c00b08be5bf922ba00dfb77d25c09def7cd4f00dfad
SHA1: 0c35093be7f06d8cb75511b2c444cbd10f6fc03e
MD5sum: d75cf1be95a679adc211a65bcd547a8b
Description: Spectre & Meltdown vulnerability/mitigation checker
A simple shell script to tell if your Linux installation is vulnerable
against the 3 "speculative execution" CVEs that were made public early 2018.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker
Tag: implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, security::cryptography, use::checking
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/spectre-meltdown-checker/spectre-meltdown-checker_0.46-1_all.deb