How To Install libvshadow-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvshadow-utils on Kali Linux.
What is libvshadow-utils
libvshadow-utils is:
libvshadow is a library to access the Volume Shadow Snapshot (VSS) format. The VSS format is used by Windows, as of Vista, to maintain copies of data on a storage media volume.
This package contains tools to access data stored in a Volume Shadow Snapshot: vshadowinfo, vshadowmount.
There are three methods to install libvshadow-utils 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 libvshadow-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvshadow-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvshadow-utilsInstall libvshadow-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvshadow-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvshadow-utilsInstall libvshadow-utils 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvshadow-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvshadow-utilsHow To Uninstall libvshadow-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libvshadow-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvshadow-utilsUninstall libvshadow-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvshadow-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvshadow-utilsRemove libvshadow-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libvshadow-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvshadow-utilsRemove libvshadow-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvshadow-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvshadow-utilsDependencies
libvshadow-utils have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvshadow-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
