How To Install libguestfs-gfs2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-gfs2 on Kali Linux.

What is libguestfs-gfs2

libguestfs-gfs2 is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains appliance fragments for Global Filesystem (GFS2) support.

There are three methods to install libguestfs-gfs2 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 libguestfs-gfs2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libguestfs-gfs2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-gfs2

Install libguestfs-gfs2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libguestfs-gfs2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-gfs2

Install libguestfs-gfs2 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 libguestfs-gfs2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-gfs2

How To Uninstall libguestfs-gfs2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libguestfs-gfs2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-gfs2

Uninstall libguestfs-gfs2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libguestfs-gfs2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-gfs2

Remove libguestfs-gfs2 Configurations and Data

To remove libguestfs-gfs2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-gfs2

Remove libguestfs-gfs2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libguestfs-gfs2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libguestfs-gfs2

Dependencies

libguestfs-gfs2 have the following dependencies:

• libguestfs0

References

• libguestfs-gfs2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-gfs2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.