How To Install containerd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is containerd

containerd is:

Containerd is an industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability. It is available as a daemon for Linux and Windows, which can manage the complete container life cycle of its host system: image transfer and storage, container execution and supervision, low-level storage and network attachments, etc.

Containerd is designed to be embedded into a larger system, rather than being used directly by developers or end-users.

This package contains the binaries.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install containerd

Install containerd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install containerd

Install containerd 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 containerd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install containerd

How To Uninstall containerd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove containerd

Uninstall containerd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove containerd

Remove containerd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge containerd

Remove containerd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge containerd

Dependencies

containerd have the following dependencies:

• runc
• libc6

References

• containerd website

Summary

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