How To Install dosfstools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools on Kali Linux. dosfstools is utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems

Introduction

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

What is dosfstools

dosfstools is:

The dosfstools package includes the mkfs.fat and fsck.fat utilities, which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dosfstools

Install dosfstools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dosfstools

Install dosfstools 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 dosfstools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dosfstools

How To Uninstall dosfstools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dosfstools

Uninstall dosfstools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dosfstools

Remove dosfstools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dosfstools

Remove dosfstools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dosfstools

Dependencies

dosfstools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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