How To Install fakechroot on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fakechroot

fakechroot is:

The fakechroot preloads a library which overrides libc functions, so it is possible to use root-specific tools without root privileges.

In fake chroot you can install i.e. Debian bootstrap, create developer’s environment and build packages inside chroot’ed system using standard non-root user account.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fakechroot

Install fakechroot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fakechroot

Install fakechroot 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 fakechroot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fakechroot

How To Uninstall fakechroot on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fakechroot

Uninstall fakechroot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fakechroot

Remove fakechroot Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fakechroot

Remove fakechroot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fakechroot

Dependencies

fakechroot have the following dependencies:

• libfakechroot
• libfakechroot

References

• fakechroot website

Summary

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