How To Install podman on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install podman on Kali Linux. podman is engine to run OCI-based containers in Pods

Introduction

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

What is podman

podman is:

Podman is an engine for running OCI-based containers in Pods. Podman provides a CLI interface for managing Pods, Containers, and Container Images.

At a high level, the scope of libpod and podman is the following:

  • Support multiple image formats including the OCI and Docker image formats.
  • Support for multiple means to download images including trust & image verification.
  • Container image management (managing image layers, overlay filesystems, etc).
  • Full management of container lifecycle.
  • Support for pods to manage groups of containers together.
  • Resource isolation of containers and pods.
  • Support for a Docker-compatible CLI interface through Podman.

Podman is a daemon-less alternative to Docker.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install podman

Install podman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install podman

Install podman 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 podman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install podman

How To Uninstall podman on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove podman

Uninstall podman And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove podman

Remove podman Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge podman

Remove podman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge podman

Dependencies

podman have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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