How To Install e2fsprogs on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs on Kali Linux.

What is e2fsprogs

e2fsprogs is:

The ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are successors of the original ext (“extended”) file system. They are the main file system types used for hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.

This package contains programs for creating, checking, and maintaining ext2/3/4-based file systems. It also includes the “badblocks” program, which can be used to scan for bad blocks on a disk or other storage device.

There are three methods to install e2fsprogs 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 e2fsprogs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install e2fsprogs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install e2fsprogs

Install e2fsprogs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install e2fsprogs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install e2fsprogs

Install e2fsprogs 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 e2fsprogs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install e2fsprogs

How To Uninstall e2fsprogs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the e2fsprogs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove e2fsprogs

Uninstall e2fsprogs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall e2fsprogs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove e2fsprogs

Remove e2fsprogs Configurations and Data

To remove e2fsprogs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge e2fsprogs

Remove e2fsprogs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove e2fsprogs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge e2fsprogs

Dependencies

e2fsprogs have the following dependencies:

• libblkid1
• libc6
• libcom-err2
• libext2fs2
• libss2
• libuuid1
• logsave

References

• e2fsprogs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.