How To Install mtools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mtools

mtools is:

Mtools is a collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without mounting them. It supports Win'95 style long file names, OS/2 Xdf disks, ZIP/JAZ disks and 2m disks (store up to 1992kB on a high density 3 1/2 disk).

Also included in this package are commands to eject and manipulate the write/password protection control of Zip disks.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mtools

Install mtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mtools

Install mtools 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 mtools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mtools

How To Uninstall mtools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mtools

Uninstall mtools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mtools

Remove mtools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mtools

Remove mtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mtools

Dependencies

mtools have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• mtools website

Summary

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