How To Install libpam-zfs on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-zfs
on Kali Linux.
What is libpam-zfs
libpam-zfs is:
OpenZFS is a storage platform that encompasses the functionality of traditional filesystems and volume managers. It supports data checksums, compression, encryption, snapshots, and more.
This provides a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) that automatically unlocks encrypted ZFS datasets upon login.
There are three methods to install libpam-zfs
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpam-zfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-zfs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpam-zfs
Install libpam-zfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-zfs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpam-zfs
Install libpam-zfs Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libpam-zfs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpam-zfs
How To Uninstall libpam-zfs on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpam-zfs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpam-zfs
Uninstall libpam-zfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpam-zfs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpam-zfs
Remove libpam-zfs Configurations and Data
To remove libpam-zfs
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpam-zfs
Remove libpam-zfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpam-zfs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpam-zfs
Dependencies
libpam-zfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpam-zfs
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.