How To Install quotatool on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is quotatool

quotatool is:

Quotatool is a utility for manipulating the Linux Diskquota system, which sets file system usage caps for users.

The “edquota” tool in the standard quota package goes through a text editor; “quotatool” on the other hand can set disk quotas directly from the command line, and is suitable for use in scripts and other non-interactive situations.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install quotatool

Install quotatool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install quotatool

Install quotatool 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 quotatool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install quotatool

How To Uninstall quotatool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove quotatool

Uninstall quotatool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quotatool

Remove quotatool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge quotatool

Remove quotatool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quotatool

Dependencies

quotatool have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• quotatool website

Summary

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