How To Install squashfs-tools-ng on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install squashfs-tools-ng on Kali Linux. squashfs-tools-ng is New set of tools for working with SquashFS images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install squashfs-tools-ng on Kali Linux.

What is squashfs-tools-ng

squashfs-tools-ng is:

SquashFS is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux, optimized for small size and high packing density. It is widely used in embedded systems and bootable live media.

SquashFS supports many different compression formats, such as zstd, xz, zlib or lzo for both data and metadata compression. It has many features expected from popular filesystems, such as extended attributes and support for NFS export.

As the name suggests, this is not the original user space tooling for SquashFS. Here are some of the features that primarily distinguish this package from the original:

  • reproducible SquashFS images, i.e. deterministic packing without any local time stamps,
  • Linux gen_init_cpio like file listing for micro managing the file system contents, permissions, and ownership without having to replicate the file system (and especially permissions) locally,
  • support for SELinux contexts file (see selabel_file(5)) to generate SELinux labels.

There are three methods to install squashfs-tools-ng 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 squashfs-tools-ng Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install squashfs-tools-ng using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install squashfs-tools-ng

Install squashfs-tools-ng Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install squashfs-tools-ng using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install squashfs-tools-ng

Install squashfs-tools-ng 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 squashfs-tools-ng using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install squashfs-tools-ng

How To Uninstall squashfs-tools-ng on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the squashfs-tools-ng package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove squashfs-tools-ng

Uninstall squashfs-tools-ng And Its Dependencies

To uninstall squashfs-tools-ng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove squashfs-tools-ng

Remove squashfs-tools-ng Configurations and Data

To remove squashfs-tools-ng configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge squashfs-tools-ng

Remove squashfs-tools-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove squashfs-tools-ng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squashfs-tools-ng

Dependencies

squashfs-tools-ng have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install squashfs-tools-ng package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.