How To Install ostree on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ostree on Kali Linux.

What is ostree

ostree is:

libostree provides a library and tools for managing bootable, immutable, versioned filesystem trees. It is like git in that it checksums individual files and has a content-addressed object store; unlike git, it “checks out” the files using hardlinks into an immutable directory tree. This can be used to provide atomic upgrades with rollback, history and parallel-installation, particularly useful on “fixed purpose” systems such as embedded devices.

This package contains the executables used to manage and create filesystem trees. It does not affect the boot process for the system on which it is installed.

There are three methods to install ostree 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 ostree Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ostree

Install ostree Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ostree using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ostree

Install ostree 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 ostree using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ostree

How To Uninstall ostree on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ostree package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ostree

Uninstall ostree And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ostree

Remove ostree Configurations and Data

To remove ostree configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ostree

Remove ostree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ostree

Dependencies

ostree have the following dependencies:

• libarchive13
• libc6
• libfuse2
• libglib2.0-0
• libostree-1-1

References

• ostree website

Summary

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