How To Install virt-p2v on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-p2v on Kali Linux. virt-p2v is physical-to-virtual machine converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-p2v on Kali Linux.

What is virt-p2v

virt-p2v is:

Virt-p2v is a GUI interface to convert a physical machine to run as virtual machine on KVM.

There are three methods to install virt-p2v 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 virt-p2v Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install virt-p2v using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install virt-p2v

Install virt-p2v Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install virt-p2v using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install virt-p2v

Install virt-p2v 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 virt-p2v using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install virt-p2v

How To Uninstall virt-p2v on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the virt-p2v package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove virt-p2v

Uninstall virt-p2v And Its Dependencies

To uninstall virt-p2v and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove virt-p2v

Remove virt-p2v Configurations and Data

To remove virt-p2v configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge virt-p2v

Remove virt-p2v configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove virt-p2v configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virt-p2v

Dependencies

virt-p2v have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-p2v package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.