How To Install pmount on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pmount

pmount is:

pmount is a wrapper around the standard mount program which permits normal users to mount removable devices without a matching /etc/fstab entry. This provides a robust basis for automounting frameworks like GNOME’s Utopia project and confines the amount of code that runs as root to a minimum.

If a LUKS capable cryptsetup package is installed, pmount is able to transparently mount encrypted volumes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pmount

Install pmount Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pmount

Install pmount 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 pmount using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pmount

How To Uninstall pmount on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pmount

Uninstall pmount And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pmount

Remove pmount Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pmount

Remove pmount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pmount

Dependencies

pmount have the following dependencies:

• libblkid1
• libc6

References

• pmount website

Summary

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