How To Install cramfsswap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cramfsswap

cramfsswap is:

cramfs is a highly compressed and size optimized Linux filesystem which is mainly used for embedded applications. The problem with cramfs is that it is endianness sensitive, meaning you can’t mount a cramfs for a big endian target on a little endian machine and vice versa. This is often especially a problem in the development phase.

cramfsswap solves that problem by allowing you to swap to endianness of a cramfs filesystem.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cramfsswap

Install cramfsswap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cramfsswap

Install cramfsswap 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 cramfsswap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cramfsswap

How To Uninstall cramfsswap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cramfsswap

Uninstall cramfsswap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cramfsswap

Remove cramfsswap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cramfsswap

Remove cramfsswap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cramfsswap

Dependencies

cramfsswap have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• zlib1g

References

• cramfsswap website

Summary

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