How To Install etherdfs-server on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install etherdfs-server on Kali Linux.

What is etherdfs-server

etherdfs-server is:

EtherDFS is a DOS installable filesystem, mapping a DOS drive letter to a remote share. This package contains the server side of EtherDFS, a daemon exporting one or more directories for remote access by the EtherDFS DOS TSR.

There are three methods to install etherdfs-server 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 etherdfs-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install etherdfs-server

Install etherdfs-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install etherdfs-server

Install etherdfs-server 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 etherdfs-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install etherdfs-server

How To Uninstall etherdfs-server on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the etherdfs-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove etherdfs-server

Uninstall etherdfs-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove etherdfs-server

Remove etherdfs-server Configurations and Data

To remove etherdfs-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge etherdfs-server

Remove etherdfs-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge etherdfs-server

Dependencies

etherdfs-server have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• etherdfs-server website

Summary

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