How To Install librados2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librados2 on Kali Linux. librados2 is RADOS distributed object store client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librados2 on Kali Linux.

What is librados2

librados2 is:

RADOS is a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to access the distributed object store using a simple file-like interface.

There are three methods to install librados2 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 librados2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librados2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librados2

Install librados2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librados2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librados2

Install librados2 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 librados2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librados2

How To Uninstall librados2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librados2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librados2

Uninstall librados2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librados2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librados2

Remove librados2 Configurations and Data

To remove librados2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librados2

Remove librados2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librados2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librados2

Dependencies

librados2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librados2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.