How To Install libfsverity0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfsverity0 on Kali Linux.

What is libfsverity0

libfsverity0 is:

fs-verity is a Linux kernel feature that does transparent on-demand integrity/authenticity verification of the contents of read-only files, using a hidden Merkle tree (hash tree) associated with the file. The mechanism is similar to dm-verity, but implemented at the file level rather than at the block device level.

This package contains the libfsverity shared library.

There are three methods to install libfsverity0 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 libfsverity0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfsverity0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfsverity0

Install libfsverity0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfsverity0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfsverity0

Install libfsverity0 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 libfsverity0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfsverity0

How To Uninstall libfsverity0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfsverity0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfsverity0

Uninstall libfsverity0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfsverity0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfsverity0

Remove libfsverity0 Configurations and Data

To remove libfsverity0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfsverity0

Remove libfsverity0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfsverity0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfsverity0

Dependencies

libfsverity0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libssl1.1

References

• libfsverity0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfsverity0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.