How To Install nbdkit on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is nbdkit

nbdkit is:

NBD is a protocol for accessing block Devices (hard disks and disk-like things) over a network. nbdkit is a multithreaded NBD server with a well-documented, simple plugin API with a stable ABI guarantee that allows for easy creation of “unconventional” block devices.

This package provides the nbdkit binary and a the file, gzip, and xz, plugins.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nbdkit

Install nbdkit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nbdkit

Install nbdkit 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 nbdkit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nbdkit

How To Uninstall nbdkit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nbdkit

Uninstall nbdkit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nbdkit

Remove nbdkit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nbdkit

Remove nbdkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nbdkit

Dependencies

nbdkit have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcom-err2
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libext2fs2
• libgcc-s1
• libgnutls30
• liblzma5
• libnbd0
• libselinux1
• libssh-4
• libstdc++6
• libtorrent-rasterbar10
• libzstd1
• zlib1g

References

• nbdkit website

Summary

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