How To Install wimtools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wimtools on Kali Linux. wimtools is Tools for manipulating Windows Imaging files

Introduction

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

What is wimtools

wimtools is:

WIM is an archive format designed primarily for archiving Windows filesystems. It features single-instancing and LZ77-based compression, and is used by Microsoft to distribute and deploy Windows Vista and later.

This package contains a free implementation of the ImageX utility that is used to create WIM files on Windows.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wimtools

Install wimtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wimtools

Install wimtools 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 wimtools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wimtools

How To Uninstall wimtools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wimtools

Uninstall wimtools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wimtools

Remove wimtools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wimtools

Remove wimtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wimtools

Dependencies

wimtools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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