How To Install libisofs6 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisofs6 on Kali Linux. libisofs6 is library to create ISO 9660 images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisofs6 on Kali Linux.

What is libisofs6

libisofs6 is:

libisofs creates ISO 9660 (aka ECMA-119) filesystem images which can either be written to POSIX file objects or handed over to libburn for being written directly to optical media. It can read metadata of ISO 9660 filesystems, manipulate them, and use them to produce new complete filesystem images or add-on images to be appended to the read filesystem image. Supported extensions to ISO 9660 are Rock Ridge, Joliet, AAIP, zisofs.

There are three methods to install libisofs6 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 libisofs6 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libisofs6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libisofs6

Install libisofs6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libisofs6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libisofs6

Install libisofs6 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 libisofs6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libisofs6

How To Uninstall libisofs6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libisofs6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libisofs6

Uninstall libisofs6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libisofs6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libisofs6

Remove libisofs6 Configurations and Data

To remove libisofs6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libisofs6

Remove libisofs6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libisofs6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libisofs6

Dependencies

libisofs6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libisofs6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.