How To Install libguestfs-ocaml on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-ocaml on Kali Linux. libguestfs-ocaml is guest disk image management system - OCaml bindings

Introduction

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

What is libguestfs-ocaml

libguestfs-ocaml is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package includes the OCaml shared runtime stub libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-ocaml

Install libguestfs-ocaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-ocaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-ocaml

How To Uninstall libguestfs-ocaml on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-ocaml

Uninstall libguestfs-ocaml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-ocaml

Remove libguestfs-ocaml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-ocaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

libguestfs-ocaml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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