How To Install libnbd0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd0 on Kali Linux. libnbd0 is Network Block Device client library – shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd0 on Kali Linux.

What is libnbd0

libnbd0 is:

NBD ?? Network Block Device ?? is a protocol for accessing Block Devices (hard disks and disk-like things) over a Network.

This is the NBD client library in userspace, a simple library for writing NBD clients.

The key features are:

  • Synchronous and asynchronous APIs, both for ease of use and for writing non-blocking, multithreaded clients.

  • High performance.

  • Minimal dependencies for the basic library.

  • Well-documented, stable API.

  • Bindings in several programming languages.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libnbd0 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 libnbd0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnbd0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnbd0

Install libnbd0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnbd0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnbd0

Install libnbd0 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 libnbd0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnbd0

How To Uninstall libnbd0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnbd0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnbd0

Uninstall libnbd0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnbd0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnbd0

Remove libnbd0 Configurations and Data

To remove libnbd0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnbd0

Remove libnbd0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnbd0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnbd0

Dependencies

libnbd0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.