How To Install vagrant-cachier on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-cachier on Kali Linux.

What is vagrant-cachier

vagrant-cachier is:

A Vagrant plugin that helps you reduce the amount of coffee you drink while waiting for boxes to be provisioned by sharing a common package cache among similar VM instances. Kinda like vagrant-apt_cache or this magical snippet but targeting multiple package managers and Linux distros.

There are three methods to install vagrant-cachier 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 vagrant-cachier Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vagrant-cachier

Install vagrant-cachier Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vagrant-cachier

Install vagrant-cachier 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 vagrant-cachier using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vagrant-cachier

How To Uninstall vagrant-cachier on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vagrant-cachier package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vagrant-cachier

Uninstall vagrant-cachier And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vagrant-cachier

Remove vagrant-cachier Configurations and Data

To remove vagrant-cachier configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vagrant-cachier

Remove vagrant-cachier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vagrant-cachier

Dependencies

vagrant-cachier have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• vagrant-cachier website

Summary

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