How To Install zfs-dracut on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-dracut
on Kali Linux.
What is zfs-dracut
zfs-dracut 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 package adds OpenZFS to the system initramfs with a hook for the dracut infrastructure.
There are three methods to install zfs-dracut
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 zfs-dracut Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zfs-dracut
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zfs-dracut
Install zfs-dracut Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zfs-dracut
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zfs-dracut
Install zfs-dracut 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 zfs-dracut
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zfs-dracut
How To Uninstall zfs-dracut on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the zfs-dracut
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zfs-dracut
Uninstall zfs-dracut And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zfs-dracut
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zfs-dracut
Remove zfs-dracut Configurations and Data
To remove zfs-dracut
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zfs-dracut
Remove zfs-dracut configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zfs-dracut
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zfs-dracut
Dependencies
zfs-dracut have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zfs-dracut
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.