How To Install librbd1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd1 on Kali Linux. librbd1 is RADOS block device client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd1 on Kali Linux.

What is librbd1

librbd1 is:

RBD is a block device striped across multiple distributed objects in RADOS, a reliable, autonomic distributed object storage cluster developed as part of the Ceph distributed storage system. This is a shared library allowing applications to manage these block devices.

There are three methods to install librbd1 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 librbd1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librbd1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librbd1

Install librbd1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librbd1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librbd1

Install librbd1 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 librbd1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librbd1

How To Uninstall librbd1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librbd1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librbd1

Uninstall librbd1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librbd1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librbd1

Remove librbd1 Configurations and Data

To remove librbd1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librbd1

Remove librbd1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librbd1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librbd1

Dependencies

librbd1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbd1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.