How To Install fai-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-doc on Kali Linux.

What is fai-doc

fai-doc is:

FAI is a non-interactive system to install, customize and manage Linux systems and software configurations on computers as well as virtual machines and chroot environments, from small networks to large infrastructures and clusters.

This is the documentation for FAI in various formats.

There are three methods to install fai-doc 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 fai-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fai-doc

Install fai-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fai-doc

Install fai-doc 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 fai-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fai-doc

How To Uninstall fai-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fai-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fai-doc

Uninstall fai-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fai-doc

Remove fai-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fai-doc

Remove fai-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fai-doc

Dependencies

fai-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• fai-doc website

Summary

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