How To Install vmtouch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vmtouch

vmtouch is:

vmtouch is a tool for learning about and controlling the file system cache of unix and unix-like systems. It can discover which files the OS is caching, tell the OS to cache or evict some files or regions of files, lock files into memory so the OS won’t evict them, and more.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vmtouch

Install vmtouch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vmtouch

Install vmtouch 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 vmtouch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vmtouch

How To Uninstall vmtouch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vmtouch

Uninstall vmtouch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vmtouch

Remove vmtouch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vmtouch

Remove vmtouch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vmtouch

Dependencies

vmtouch have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• lsb-base
• libc6

References

• vmtouch website

Summary

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