How To Install libsquashfuse-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquashfuse-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libsquashfuse-dev
libsquashfuse-dev is:
This lets you mount SquashFS archives in user-space. It supports almost all features of the SquashFS format, yet is still fast and memory-efficient.
SquashFS is an efficiently compressed, read-only storage format. Support for it has been built into the Linux kernel since 2009. It is very common on Live CDs and embedded Linux distributions.
This package contains development files for libsquashfuse
There are three methods to install libsquashfuse-dev 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 libsquashfuse-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsquashfuse-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsquashfuse-devInstall libsquashfuse-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsquashfuse-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsquashfuse-devInstall libsquashfuse-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsquashfuse-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsquashfuse-devHow To Uninstall libsquashfuse-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libsquashfuse-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsquashfuse-devUninstall libsquashfuse-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsquashfuse-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsquashfuse-devRemove libsquashfuse-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsquashfuse-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsquashfuse-devRemove libsquashfuse-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsquashfuse-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsquashfuse-devDependencies
libsquashfuse-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsquashfuse-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.