How To Install ostree-tests on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ostree-tests on Kali Linux.
What is ostree-tests
ostree-tests is:
libostree provides a library and tools for managing bootable, immutable, versioned filesystem trees. See the ostree package’s description for more details.
This package contains automated tests.
There are three methods to install ostree-tests 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-tests Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ostree-tests using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ostree-testsInstall ostree-tests Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ostree-tests using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ostree-testsInstall ostree-tests 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 ostree-tests using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ostree-testsHow To Uninstall ostree-tests on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ostree-tests package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ostree-testsUninstall ostree-tests And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ostree-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ostree-testsRemove ostree-tests Configurations and Data
To remove ostree-tests configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ostree-testsRemove ostree-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ostree-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ostree-testsDependencies
ostree-tests have the following dependencies:
- attr
- bsdextrautils
- ca-certificates
- cpio
- fuse
- gir1.2-ostree-1.0
- gjs
- gnupg
- ostree
- python3
- python3-yaml
- libarchive13
- libavahi-common3
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libgpgme11
- liblzma5
- libostree-1-1
- libsoup2.4-1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ostree-tests package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.