How To Install ocfs2-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocfs2-tools on Kali Linux. ocfs2-tools is tools for managing OCFS2 cluster filesystems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocfs2-tools on Kali Linux.

What is ocfs2-tools

ocfs2-tools is:

OCFS2 is a general purpose cluster filesystem. Unlike the initial release of OCFS, which supported only Oracle database workloads, OCFS2 provides full support as a general purpose filesystem. OCFS2 is a complete rewrite of the previous version, designed to work as a seamless addition to the Linux kernel.

This package installs the tools to manage the OCFS2 filesystem, including mkfs, tunefs, fsck, debugfs, and the utilities to control the O2CB clustering stack.

There are three methods to install ocfs2-tools 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 ocfs2-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ocfs2-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ocfs2-tools

Install ocfs2-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ocfs2-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ocfs2-tools

Install ocfs2-tools 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 ocfs2-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ocfs2-tools

How To Uninstall ocfs2-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ocfs2-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ocfs2-tools

Uninstall ocfs2-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ocfs2-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocfs2-tools

Remove ocfs2-tools Configurations and Data

To remove ocfs2-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ocfs2-tools

Remove ocfs2-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ocfs2-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocfs2-tools

Dependencies

ocfs2-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocfs2-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.