How To Install dm-writeboost-dkms on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dm-writeboost-dkms on Kali Linux.

What is dm-writeboost-dkms

dm-writeboost-dkms is:

dm-writeboost is an OS-level IO controller that builds logs from in-coming writes (data and metadata) and then writes the logs sequentially similar to log-structured filesystem. As a further extension, dm-writeboost supports read-caching which also writes data sequentially.

This package provides DKMS kernel module for Linux Kernel 3.10+.

There are three methods to install dm-writeboost-dkms 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 dm-writeboost-dkms Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dm-writeboost-dkms

Install dm-writeboost-dkms Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dm-writeboost-dkms using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dm-writeboost-dkms

Install dm-writeboost-dkms 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 dm-writeboost-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dm-writeboost-dkms

How To Uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dm-writeboost-dkms package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dm-writeboost-dkms

Uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dm-writeboost-dkms

Remove dm-writeboost-dkms Configurations and Data

To remove dm-writeboost-dkms configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dm-writeboost-dkms

Remove dm-writeboost-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dm-writeboost-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dm-writeboost-dkms

Dependencies

dm-writeboost-dkms have the following dependencies:

• dkms

References

• dm-writeboost-dkms website

Summary

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