How To Install genisoimage on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install genisoimage on Kali Linux. genisoimage is Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images

Introduction

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

What is genisoimage

genisoimage is:

genisoimage is a pre-mastering program for creating ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images, which can then be written to CD or DVD media using the wodim program. genisoimage includes support for making bootable “El Torito” CDs, as well as CDs with support for the Macintosh HFS filesystem.

The package also includes extra tools useful for working with ISO images:

  • mkzftree - create ISO-9660 image with compressed contents
  • dirsplit - easily separate large directory contents into disks of predefined size
  • geteltorito - extract an El Torito boot image from a CD image

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install genisoimage

Install genisoimage Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install genisoimage

Install genisoimage 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 genisoimage using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install genisoimage

How To Uninstall genisoimage on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove genisoimage

Uninstall genisoimage And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove genisoimage

Remove genisoimage Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge genisoimage

Remove genisoimage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genisoimage

Dependencies

genisoimage have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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