How To Install cachefilesd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cachefilesd

cachefilesd is:

FSCache is a generic caching manager in the Linux kernel which can be used by network and other filesystems to cache data locally.

CacheFiles is an FSCache backend that’s meant to use as a cache a directory on an already mounted filesystem of a local type (such as Ext3). This package installs the userspace support required by the cachefiles backend.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cachefilesd

Install cachefilesd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cachefilesd

Install cachefilesd 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 cachefilesd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cachefilesd

How To Uninstall cachefilesd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cachefilesd

Uninstall cachefilesd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cachefilesd

Remove cachefilesd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cachefilesd

Remove cachefilesd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cachefilesd

Dependencies

cachefilesd have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• cachefilesd website

Summary

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