How To Install os-brick-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install os-brick-common on Kali Linux.

What is os-brick-common

os-brick-common is:

OpenStack Cinder brick library for managing local volume attaches.

Features discovery of volumes being attached to a host for many transport protocols and removal of volumes from a host.

This package contains common files needed by either the Python 2 or 3 module of os-brick.

There are three methods to install os-brick-common 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 os-brick-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install os-brick-common

Install os-brick-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install os-brick-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install os-brick-common

Install os-brick-common 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 os-brick-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install os-brick-common

How To Uninstall os-brick-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the os-brick-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove os-brick-common

Uninstall os-brick-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove os-brick-common

Remove os-brick-common Configurations and Data

To remove os-brick-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge os-brick-common

Remove os-brick-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove os-brick-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge os-brick-common

Dependencies

os-brick-common have the following dependencies:

References

• os-brick-common website

Summary

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