How To Install vagrant-lxc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-lxc on Kali Linux. vagrant-lxc is Linux Containers provider for Vagrant

Introduction

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

What is vagrant-lxc

vagrant-lxc is:

This package adds support using Vagrant with Linux Containers. The entire Vagrant workflow is exactly the same, except with vagrant-lxc it will use lxc containers instead of VirtualBox VMs.

There are three methods to install vagrant-lxc 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-lxc 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-lxc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vagrant-lxc

Install vagrant-lxc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vagrant-lxc

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

sudo aptitude -y install vagrant-lxc

How To Uninstall vagrant-lxc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vagrant-lxc

Uninstall vagrant-lxc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vagrant-lxc

Remove vagrant-lxc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vagrant-lxc

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

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

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

Dependencies

vagrant-lxc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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