How To Install libgovirt-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libgovirt-common

libgovirt-common is:

libgovirt is a library that allows applications to use oVirt REST API to list VMs managed by an oVirt instance, and to get the connection parameters needed to make a SPICE/VNC connection to them.

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There are three methods to install libgovirt-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 libgovirt-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 libgovirt-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgovirt-common

Install libgovirt-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgovirt-common

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgovirt-common

How To Uninstall libgovirt-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgovirt-common

Uninstall libgovirt-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgovirt-common

Remove libgovirt-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgovirt-common

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgovirt-common have the following dependencies:

References

• libgovirt-common website

Summary

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