How To Install libkopenafs2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkopenafs2 on Kali Linux.

What is libkopenafs2

libkopenafs2 is:

AFS is a distributed filesystem allowing cross-platform sharing of files among multiple computers. Facilities are provided for access control, authentication, backup and administrative management.

This package provides the shared library implementing an interface to manipulating AFS process authentication groups (PAGs). It provides the a subset of the interface provided by the Heimdal libkafs library.

There are three methods to install libkopenafs2 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 libkopenafs2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libkopenafs2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libkopenafs2

Install libkopenafs2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libkopenafs2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libkopenafs2

Install libkopenafs2 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 libkopenafs2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libkopenafs2

How To Uninstall libkopenafs2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libkopenafs2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libkopenafs2

Uninstall libkopenafs2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libkopenafs2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkopenafs2

Remove libkopenafs2 Configurations and Data

To remove libkopenafs2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libkopenafs2

Remove libkopenafs2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libkopenafs2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkopenafs2

Dependencies

libkopenafs2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libkopenafs2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libkopenafs2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.