How To Install udisks2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install udisks2 on Kali Linux.

What is udisks2

udisks2 is:

The udisks daemon serves as an interface to system block devices, implemented via D-Bus. It handles operations such as querying, mounting, unmounting, formatting, or detaching storage devices such as hard disks or USB thumb drives.

This package also provides the udisksctl utility, which can be used to trigger these operations from the command line (if permitted by PolicyKit).

Creating or modifying file systems such as XFS, RAID, or LUKS encryption requires that the corresponding mkfs.* and admin tools are installed, such as dosfstools for VFAT, xfsprogs for XFS, or cryptsetup for LUKS.

There are three methods to install udisks2 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 udisks2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install udisks2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install udisks2

Install udisks2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install udisks2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install udisks2

Install udisks2 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 udisks2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install udisks2

How To Uninstall udisks2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the udisks2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove udisks2

Uninstall udisks2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall udisks2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove udisks2

Remove udisks2 Configurations and Data

To remove udisks2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge udisks2

Remove udisks2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove udisks2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge udisks2

Dependencies

udisks2 have the following dependencies:

• dbus
• libblockdev-fs2
• libblockdev-loop2
• libblockdev-part2
• libblockdev-swap2
• parted
• udev
• libacl1
• libatasmart4
• libblockdev-utils2
• libblockdev2
• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgudev-1.0-0
• libmount1
• libpolkit-agent-1-0
• libpolkit-gobject-1-0
• libsystemd0
• libudisks2-0
• libuuid1

References

• udisks2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install udisks2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.