How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
on Kali Linux.
What is libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
libvirt-daemon-driver-xen is:
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
This package contains the libvirtd connection driver for Xen.
There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
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 libvirt-daemon-driver-xen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-xen on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-xen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Dependencies
libvirt-daemon-driver-xen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.