How To Install libvhdi-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvhdi-utils on Kali Linux. libvhdi-utils is Virtual Hard Disk image format access library – Utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvhdi-utils on Kali Linux.

What is libvhdi-utils

libvhdi-utils is:

libvhdi is a library to access the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image format.

This package contains tools to access data stored in VHD files: vhdiinfo, vhdimount.

There are three methods to install libvhdi-utils 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 libvhdi-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libvhdi-utils

Install libvhdi-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvhdi-utils

Install libvhdi-utils 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 libvhdi-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvhdi-utils

How To Uninstall libvhdi-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libvhdi-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvhdi-utils

Uninstall libvhdi-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvhdi-utils

Remove libvhdi-utils Configurations and Data

To remove libvhdi-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvhdi-utils

Remove libvhdi-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvhdi-utils

Dependencies

libvhdi-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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