How To Install libvirt-daemon-system-systemd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-system-systemd on Kali Linux.

What is libvirt-daemon-system-systemd

libvirt-daemon-system-systemd 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 dependencies to make libvirt work with systemd. (this is the default). This package is useless without the libvirt-daemon-system package installed.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-system-systemd

Install libvirt-daemon-system-systemd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-system-systemd

Install libvirt-daemon-system-systemd 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-system-systemd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-system-systemd

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-system-systemd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-system-systemd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-system-systemd

Uninstall libvirt-daemon-system-systemd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-system-systemd

Remove libvirt-daemon-system-systemd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-system-systemd

Remove libvirt-daemon-system-systemd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-system-systemd

Dependencies

libvirt-daemon-system-systemd have the following dependencies:

• systemd-container
• systemd-sysv

References

• libvirt-daemon-system-systemd website

Summary

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