How To Install fuseext2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuseext2 on Kali Linux. fuseext2 is File System in User Space - Module for ext2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuseext2 on Kali Linux.

What is fuseext2

fuseext2 is:

This module for the FUSE kernel service allows any FUSE-enabled user to mount Second Extended file systems, e.g. disk images.

The module has been initially written for UMView, the user-mode implementation of View-OS. If you want to allow completely user-mode disk images mounting (with no kernel/superuser support at all), take a look at umview-mod-umfuseext2 and its dependencies.

There are three methods to install fuseext2 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 fuseext2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fuseext2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fuseext2

Install fuseext2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fuseext2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fuseext2

Install fuseext2 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 fuseext2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fuseext2

How To Uninstall fuseext2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fuseext2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fuseext2

Uninstall fuseext2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fuseext2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fuseext2

Remove fuseext2 Configurations and Data

To remove fuseext2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fuseext2

Remove fuseext2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fuseext2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fuseext2

Dependencies

fuseext2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fuseext2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.