How To Install bootcd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bootcd

bootcd is:

Different boot configuration are supportet (efi, old bios, secure boot). bootcdwrite creates an ISO life-cd file called bootcd using an overlayfs. bootcdflopcp writes changes from overlayfs to floppy disk, when running from bootcd. bootcd2disk writes bootable disks (with or without lvm, ext2, ext3, ext4, vfat, swap).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bootcd

Install bootcd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bootcd

Install bootcd 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 bootcd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bootcd

How To Uninstall bootcd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bootcd

Uninstall bootcd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bootcd

Remove bootcd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bootcd

Remove bootcd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bootcd

Dependencies

bootcd have the following dependencies:

• busybox
• cpio
• dosfstools
• e2fsprogs
• fdisk
• file
• genisoimage
• initramfs-tools
• grub-efi-amd64-bin
• isolinux
• lsb-base
• rsync
• shellia
• syslinux
• syslinux-common
• xorriso

References

• bootcd website

Summary

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