How To Install fai-setup-storage on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-setup-storage on Kali Linux.
What is fai-setup-storage
fai-setup-storage is:
Using FAI disk_config files, setup-storage computes effective partition and volume sizes and executes the necessary commands to configure storage devices. It manages disk drives as well as RAID and LVM volumes. It handles all file systems supported by parted(8) as well as ntfs but is flexible enough to be extended to further types as well. Once the storage devices are prepared, an appropriate fstab(5) file is generated.
This package provides the setup-storage utility as separate package so it can be used independent from FAI as well.
There are three methods to install fai-setup-storage 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-setup-storage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fai-setup-storage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fai-setup-storageInstall fai-setup-storage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fai-setup-storage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fai-setup-storageInstall fai-setup-storage 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fai-setup-storage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fai-setup-storageHow To Uninstall fai-setup-storage on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fai-setup-storage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fai-setup-storageUninstall fai-setup-storage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fai-setup-storage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fai-setup-storageRemove fai-setup-storage Configurations and Data
To remove fai-setup-storage configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fai-setup-storageRemove fai-setup-storage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fai-setup-storage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fai-setup-storageDependencies
fai-setup-storage have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-setup-storage package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
