How To Install libguestfs-jfs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libguestfs-jfs

libguestfs-jfs is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains appliance fragments for JFS support.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-jfs

Install libguestfs-jfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-jfs

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

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-jfs

How To Uninstall libguestfs-jfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-jfs

Uninstall libguestfs-jfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-jfs

Remove libguestfs-jfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-jfs

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

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

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

Dependencies

libguestfs-jfs have the following dependencies:

• libguestfs0

References

• libguestfs-jfs website

Summary

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