How To Install makebootfat on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is makebootfat

makebootfat is:

Makebootfat is a command line utility able to create bootable USB disks using the FAT filesystem and syslinux.

Makebootfat is the most advanced tool available able to make bootable USB disks. It is able to autodetect/partition/format/populate the USB disk in a single step without any user interaction. It’s also able to create disk images which are compatible with all the three standards USB-FDD, USB-HDD and USB-ZIP at the same time.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install makebootfat

Install makebootfat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install makebootfat

Install makebootfat 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 makebootfat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install makebootfat

How To Uninstall makebootfat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove makebootfat

Uninstall makebootfat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove makebootfat

Remove makebootfat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge makebootfat

Remove makebootfat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge makebootfat

Dependencies

makebootfat have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• makebootfat website

Summary

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