How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc on Kali Linux. libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc is Virtualization daemon LXC connection driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc on Kali Linux.

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc

libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc is:

Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.

This package contains the libvirtd connection driver for LXC.

There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc

Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc

Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc Configurations and Data

To remove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc

Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc

Dependencies

libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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