How To Install luksmeta on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is luksmeta

luksmeta is:

This package provides luksmeta program to access metadata in a LUKSv1 header using libluksmeta.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install luksmeta

Install luksmeta Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install luksmeta

Install luksmeta 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 luksmeta using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install luksmeta

How To Uninstall luksmeta on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove luksmeta

Uninstall luksmeta And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove luksmeta

Remove luksmeta Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge luksmeta

Remove luksmeta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge luksmeta

Dependencies

luksmeta have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcryptsetup12

References

• luksmeta website

Summary

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