How To Install loggedfs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is loggedfs

loggedfs is:

LoggedFS is a logging file system which can log every operation happening in it. It mounts transparently over any directory and logs operations inside that directory (and its children).

The amount of logging is configurable, and since LoggedFS uses FUSE, it can be controlled by users without system administrator involvement.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install loggedfs

Install loggedfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install loggedfs

Install loggedfs 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 loggedfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install loggedfs

How To Uninstall loggedfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove loggedfs

Uninstall loggedfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove loggedfs

Remove loggedfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge loggedfs

Remove loggedfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge loggedfs

Dependencies

loggedfs have the following dependencies:

• fuse
• libc6
• libfuse2
• libgcc-s1
• libpcre3
• libstdc++6
• libxml2

References

• loggedfs website

Summary

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