How To Install cockpit-machines on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-machines on Kali Linux. cockpit-machines is Cockpit user interface for virtual machines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-machines on Kali Linux.

What is cockpit-machines

cockpit-machines is:

The Cockpit components for managing virtual machines.

If the “virtinst” package is installed, you can also create new virtual machines.

There are three methods to install cockpit-machines 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 cockpit-machines Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-machines

Install cockpit-machines Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cockpit-machines

Install cockpit-machines 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 cockpit-machines using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-machines

How To Uninstall cockpit-machines on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cockpit-machines package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cockpit-machines

Uninstall cockpit-machines And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-machines

Remove cockpit-machines Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-machines

Remove cockpit-machines configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-machines

Dependencies

cockpit-machines have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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