How To Install squashfuse on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is squashfuse

squashfuse is:

This lets you mount SquashFS archives in user-space. It supports almost all features of the SquashFS format, yet is still fast and memory-efficient.

SquashFS is an efficiently compressed, read-only storage format. Support for it has been built into the Linux kernel since 2009. It is very common on Live CDs and embedded Linux distributions.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install squashfuse

Install squashfuse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install squashfuse

Install squashfuse 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 squashfuse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install squashfuse

How To Uninstall squashfuse on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove squashfuse

Uninstall squashfuse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove squashfuse

Remove squashfuse Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge squashfuse

Remove squashfuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squashfuse

Dependencies

squashfuse have the following dependencies:

• libsquashfuse0
• libc6
• libfuse2

References

• squashfuse website

Summary

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