How To Install libvhdi1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvhdi1 on Kali Linux. libvhdi1 is Virtual Hard Disk image format access library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvhdi1 on Kali Linux.

What is libvhdi1

libvhdi1 is:

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

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libvhdi1 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 libvhdi1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvhdi1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvhdi1

Install libvhdi1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvhdi1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvhdi1

Install libvhdi1 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 libvhdi1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvhdi1

How To Uninstall libvhdi1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libvhdi1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvhdi1

Uninstall libvhdi1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvhdi1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvhdi1

Remove libvhdi1 Configurations and Data

To remove libvhdi1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvhdi1

Remove libvhdi1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvhdi1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvhdi1

Dependencies

libvhdi1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvhdi1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.