How To Install vblade on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vblade on Kali Linux. vblade is virtual AoE blade emulator

Introduction

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

What is vblade

vblade is:

The vblade is the virtual EtherDrive (R) blade, a program that makes a seekable file available over an ethernet local area network (LAN) via the ATA over Ethernet (AoE) protocol.

The seekable file is typically a block device like /dev/md0 but even regular files will work. Sparse files can be especially convenient. When vblade exports the block storage over AoE it becomes a storage target. Another host on the same LAN can access the storage if it has a compatible aoe kernel driver.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vblade

Install vblade Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vblade

Install vblade 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 vblade using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vblade

How To Uninstall vblade on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vblade

Uninstall vblade And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vblade

Remove vblade Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vblade

Remove vblade configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vblade

Dependencies

vblade have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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