How To Install libguestfs-xfs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libguestfs-xfs

libguestfs-xfs is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains appliance fragments for XFS support.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-xfs

Install libguestfs-xfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-xfs

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

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-xfs

How To Uninstall libguestfs-xfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-xfs

Uninstall libguestfs-xfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-xfs

Remove libguestfs-xfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-xfs

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

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

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

Dependencies

libguestfs-xfs have the following dependencies:

• libguestfs0

References

• libguestfs-xfs website

Summary

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