How To Install afuse on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install afuse on Kali Linux.

What is afuse

afuse is:

Afuse is a FUSE based filesystem which implements filesystem automounting functionality similar to Linux’s autofs.

There are three methods to install afuse 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 afuse Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install afuse

Install afuse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install afuse using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install afuse

Install afuse 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 afuse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install afuse

How To Uninstall afuse on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the afuse package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove afuse

Uninstall afuse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove afuse

Remove afuse Configurations and Data

To remove afuse configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge afuse

Remove afuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove afuse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge afuse

Dependencies

afuse have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfuse2

References

• afuse website

Summary

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