How To Install libzfs4linux on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzfs4linux on Kali Linux.

What is libzfs4linux

libzfs4linux is:

OpenZFS is a storage platform that encompasses the functionality of traditional filesystems and volume managers. It supports data checksums, compression, encryption, snapshots, and more.

The OpenZFS library provides support for managing OpenZFS filesystems.

There are three methods to install libzfs4linux 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 libzfs4linux Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libzfs4linux using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libzfs4linux

Install libzfs4linux Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libzfs4linux using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libzfs4linux

Install libzfs4linux 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 libzfs4linux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libzfs4linux

How To Uninstall libzfs4linux on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libzfs4linux package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libzfs4linux

Uninstall libzfs4linux And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libzfs4linux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzfs4linux

Remove libzfs4linux Configurations and Data

To remove libzfs4linux configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libzfs4linux

Remove libzfs4linux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libzfs4linux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzfs4linux

Dependencies

libzfs4linux have the following dependencies:

• libblkid1
• libc6
• libnvpair3linux
• libssl1.1
• libudev1
• libuuid1
• libuutil3linux
• zlib1g

References

• libzfs4linux website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzfs4linux package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.