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

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

Introduction

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

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox

libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox 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 VirtualBox.

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

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

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox 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-vbox

Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

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