How To Install volume-key on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install volume-key on Kali Linux. volume-key is Utility for manipulating storage encryption keys and passphrases

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install volume-key on Kali Linux.

What is volume-key

volume-key is:

This package provides a command-line tool for manipulating storage volume encryption keys and storing them separately from volumes.

The main goal of the software is to allow restoring access to an encrypted hard drive if the primary user forgets the passphrase. The encryption key back up can also be useful for extracting data after a hardware or software failure that corrupts the header of the encrypted volume, or to access the company data after an employee leaves abruptly.

There are three methods to install volume-key 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 volume-key Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install volume-key

Install volume-key Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install volume-key

Install volume-key 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 volume-key using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install volume-key

How To Uninstall volume-key on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the volume-key package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove volume-key

Uninstall volume-key And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove volume-key

Remove volume-key Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge volume-key

Remove volume-key configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge volume-key

Dependencies

volume-key have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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