How To Install avfs on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install avfs on Kali Linux. avfs is virtual filesystem to access archives, disk images, remote locations

Introduction

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

What is avfs

avfs is:

This FUSE-base VFS (Virtual FileSystem) enables all programs to look inside archived or compressed files, or access remote files without recompiling the programs or changing the kernel.

At the moment it supports floppies, tar and gzip files, zip, bzip2, ar and rar files, ftp sessions, http, webdav, rsh/rcp, ssh/scp. Quite a few other handlers are implemented with the Midnight Commander’s external FS.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install avfs

Install avfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install avfs

Install avfs 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 avfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install avfs

How To Uninstall avfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove avfs

Uninstall avfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove avfs

Remove avfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge avfs

Remove avfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge avfs

Dependencies

avfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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