How To Install libfakechroot on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libfakechroot

libfakechroot is:

This package provides 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 libfakechroot 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 libfakechroot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfakechroot

Install libfakechroot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfakechroot

Install libfakechroot 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 libfakechroot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfakechroot

How To Uninstall libfakechroot on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libfakechroot

Uninstall libfakechroot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfakechroot

Remove libfakechroot Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfakechroot

Remove libfakechroot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfakechroot

Dependencies

libfakechroot have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libfakechroot website

Summary

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