How To Install lvm2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2 on Kali Linux.

What is lvm2

lvm2 is:

This is LVM2, the rewrite of The Linux Logical Volume Manager. LVM supports enterprise level volume management of disk and disk subsystems by grouping arbitrary disks into volume groups. The total capacity of volume groups can be allocated to logical volumes, which are accessed as regular block devices.

There are three methods to install lvm2 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 lvm2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lvm2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lvm2

Install lvm2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lvm2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lvm2

Install lvm2 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 lvm2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lvm2

How To Uninstall lvm2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lvm2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lvm2

Uninstall lvm2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lvm2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lvm2

Remove lvm2 Configurations and Data

To remove lvm2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lvm2

Remove lvm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lvm2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lvm2

Dependencies

lvm2 have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libaio1
• libblkid1
• libc6
• libdevmapper-event1.02.1

References

• lvm2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.