How To Install lava-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lava-common on Kali Linux. lava-common is Linaro Automated Validation Architecture common

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lava-common on Kali Linux.

What is lava-common

lava-common is:

LAVA is a continuous integration system for deploying operating systems onto physical and virtual hardware for running tests. Tests can be simple boot testing, bootloader testing and system level testing, although extra hardware may be required for some system tests. Results are tracked over time and data can be exported for further analysis.

This package contains common Python code to support lava-server and lava-dispatcher.

There are three methods to install lava-common 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 lava-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lava-common

Install lava-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lava-common

Install lava-common 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 lava-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lava-common

How To Uninstall lava-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lava-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lava-common

Uninstall lava-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lava-common

Remove lava-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lava-common

Remove lava-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lava-common

Dependencies

lava-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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