How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Kali Linux. libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd is Virtualization daemon RBD storage driver

Introduction

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

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 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 storage driver for RBD/Rados/Ceph.

There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 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-storage-rbd 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-storage-rbd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

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

sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 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-storage-rbd

Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

Dependencies

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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