How To Install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is nbdkit-plugin-guestfs

nbdkit-plugin-guestfs is:

nbdkit-guestfs-plugin is an nbdkit(1) plugin that makes the contents of disk images accessible over NBD.

There are three methods to install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs 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-plugin-guestfs 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-plugin-guestfs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs

Install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs

Install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs 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-plugin-guestfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs

How To Uninstall nbdkit-plugin-guestfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nbdkit-plugin-guestfs

Uninstall nbdkit-plugin-guestfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nbdkit-plugin-guestfs

Remove nbdkit-plugin-guestfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nbdkit-plugin-guestfs

Remove nbdkit-plugin-guestfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nbdkit-plugin-guestfs

Dependencies

nbdkit-plugin-guestfs have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libguestfs0

References

• nbdkit-plugin-guestfs website

Summary

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