How to Install and Uninstall udev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "udev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install udev on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall udev on Kali Linux:


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

Package: udev
Source: systemd
Version: 255.4-1
Installed-Size: 10795
Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: systemd (<< 255~rc1-4~)
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libblkid1 (>= 2.37.2), libc6 (>= 2.35), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libkmod2 (>= 15), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), systemd | systemd-standalone-sysusers | systemd-sysusers, libudev1 (= 255.4-1), systemd-dev (>= 255.4-1)
Conflicts: systemd (<< 255~rc1-4~)
Size: 1794608
SHA256: ad1f97f84581082f4c4fd9f44132e1461a1568fe6424fc2acd947561035f800d
SHA1: ad39155574637c865e95758247ea0622b5f57fef
MD5sum: 136cde263cbe8eb667ba4d1b5d4aeaf9
Description: /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
udev is a daemon which dynamically creates and removes device nodes from
/dev/, handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot time.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Tag: admin::boot, admin::filesystem, admin::hardware, admin::kernel,
devel::lang:c, devel::library, hardware::detection, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::shell, interface::daemon, role::devel-lib,
role::program
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/udev_255.4-1_amd64.deb