How To Install libguestfs-zfs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libguestfs-zfs

libguestfs-zfs is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains appliance fragments for ZFS support.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-zfs

Install libguestfs-zfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-zfs

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

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-zfs

How To Uninstall libguestfs-zfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-zfs

Uninstall libguestfs-zfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-zfs

Remove libguestfs-zfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-zfs

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

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

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

Dependencies

libguestfs-zfs have the following dependencies:

• libguestfs0

References

• libguestfs-zfs website

Summary

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