How To Install libguestfs-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libguestfs-tools

libguestfs-tools is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains the guestfish interactive shell and various virtualization tools, including virt-cat, virt-df, virt-edit, virt-filesystems, virt-inspector, virt-ls, virt-make-fs, virt-rescue, virt-resize, virt-tar, and virt-win-reg.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-tools

Install libguestfs-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-tools

How To Uninstall libguestfs-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-tools

Uninstall libguestfs-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-tools

Remove libguestfs-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

libguestfs-tools have the following dependencies:

• libguestfs0

References

• libguestfs-tools website

Summary

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