How To Install nfs-kernel-server on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-kernel-server on Kali Linux. nfs-kernel-server is support for NFS kernel server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfs-kernel-server on Kali Linux.

What is nfs-kernel-server

nfs-kernel-server is:

The NFS kernel server is currently the recommended NFS server for use with Linux, featuring features such as NFSv3 and NFSv4, Kerberos support via GSS, and much more. It is also significantly faster and usually more reliable than the user-space NFS servers (from the unfs3 and nfs-user-server packages). However, it is more difficult to debug than the user-space servers, and has a slightly different feature set.

This package contains the user-space support needed to use the NFS kernel server. Most administrators wishing to set up an NFS server would want to install this package.

There are three methods to install nfs-kernel-server 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 nfs-kernel-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nfs-kernel-server

Install nfs-kernel-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nfs-kernel-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nfs-kernel-server

Install nfs-kernel-server 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 nfs-kernel-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nfs-kernel-server

How To Uninstall nfs-kernel-server on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nfs-kernel-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nfs-kernel-server

Uninstall nfs-kernel-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfs-kernel-server

Remove nfs-kernel-server Configurations and Data

To remove nfs-kernel-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nfs-kernel-server

Remove nfs-kernel-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nfs-kernel-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfs-kernel-server

Dependencies

nfs-kernel-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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