How To Install openafs-krb5 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openafs-krb5 on Kali Linux.
What is openafs-krb5
openafs-krb5 is:
AFS is a distributed filesystem allowing cross-platform sharing of files among multiple computers. Facilities are provided for access control, authentication, backup and administrative management.
This package provides aklog, a utility for authenticating to AFS using Kerberos 5. It also provides asetkey, a utility to set AFS server keys from a Kerberos keytab, and ka-forwarder, a utility to forward kaserver requests to a KDC using fakeka.
There are three methods to install openafs-krb5 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 openafs-krb5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openafs-krb5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openafs-krb5Install openafs-krb5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openafs-krb5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openafs-krb5Install openafs-krb5 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install openafs-krb5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openafs-krb5How To Uninstall openafs-krb5 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the openafs-krb5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openafs-krb5Uninstall openafs-krb5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openafs-krb5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openafs-krb5Remove openafs-krb5 Configurations and Data
To remove openafs-krb5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openafs-krb5Remove openafs-krb5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openafs-krb5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openafs-krb5Dependencies
openafs-krb5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openafs-krb5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
