How to Install and Uninstall switchsh Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "switchsh" package

Please follow the instructions below to install switchsh on Kali Linux


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall switchsh on Kali Linux:


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

Package: switchsh
Version: 0~20070801-4
Installed-Size: 28
Maintainer: Raphael Geissert
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Size: 6244
SHA256: cb11ff24aefd50f44cbb6550175e14d938aa3da3d3ef679464432f50889905a7
SHA1: 8b07168ed2c61f577e2ff43066122f3fd9f4f54a
MD5sum: 7de5dea2fa667b481a00943c9fc8715b
Description: bind-mount bash as /bin/sh
Small program to bind-mount bash as /bin/sh for its child processes.
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It can be used when bash is not the default shell interpreter but a given
program makes use of bashisms (features not required by Policy for sh) and one
wants to run it without changing (or can not change) the default sh.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://www.linux.it/~md/software/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program, scope::utility
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/switchsh/switchsh_0~20070801-4_amd64.deb