How To Install libguestfs-reiserfs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libguestfs-reiserfs

libguestfs-reiserfs is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains appliance fragments for ReiserFS support.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-reiserfs

Install libguestfs-reiserfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-reiserfs

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

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-reiserfs

How To Uninstall libguestfs-reiserfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-reiserfs

Uninstall libguestfs-reiserfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-reiserfs

Remove libguestfs-reiserfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-reiserfs

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

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

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

Dependencies

libguestfs-reiserfs have the following dependencies:

• libguestfs0

References

• libguestfs-reiserfs website

Summary

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