How To Install mkosi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mkosi on Kali Linux. mkosi is create legacy-free OS images

Introduction

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

What is mkosi

mkosi is:

A fancy wrapper around “dnf –installroot”, “debootstrap” and “pacstrap”, that may generate disk images with a number of bells and whistles.

Generated images are “legacy-free”. This means only GPT disk labels (and no MBR disk labels) are supported, and only systemd based images may be generated. Moreover, for bootable images only EFI systems are supported (not plain MBR/BIOS).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mkosi

Install mkosi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mkosi

Install mkosi 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 mkosi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mkosi

How To Uninstall mkosi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mkosi

Uninstall mkosi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mkosi

Remove mkosi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mkosi

Remove mkosi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mkosi

Dependencies

mkosi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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