How To Install clevis-udisks2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-udisks2 on Kali Linux.

What is clevis-udisks2

clevis-udisks2 is:

Clevis is a plugable framework for automated decryption. This package provides automatic unlocking LUKS encrypted block devices in desktop environments that use UDisks2 or storaged.

There are three methods to install clevis-udisks2 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 clevis-udisks2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install clevis-udisks2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install clevis-udisks2

Install clevis-udisks2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install clevis-udisks2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install clevis-udisks2

Install clevis-udisks2 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 clevis-udisks2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clevis-udisks2

How To Uninstall clevis-udisks2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the clevis-udisks2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove clevis-udisks2

Uninstall clevis-udisks2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall clevis-udisks2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clevis-udisks2

Remove clevis-udisks2 Configurations and Data

To remove clevis-udisks2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clevis-udisks2

Remove clevis-udisks2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove clevis-udisks2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clevis-udisks2

Dependencies

clevis-udisks2 have the following dependencies:

• libaudit1

References

• clevis-udisks2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-udisks2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.