How To Install diskimage-builder-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install diskimage-builder-doc on Kali Linux. diskimage-builder-doc is image building tools for Openstack - doc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install diskimage-builder-doc on Kali Linux.

What is diskimage-builder-doc

diskimage-builder-doc is:

Diskimage-builder tools are the components of TripleO that are responsible for building disk images. It has the core functionality for building disk images, filesystem images and ramdisk images for use with OpenStack (both virtual and bare metal). The core functionality includes the various operating system specific modules for disk/filesystem images, and deployment and hardware inventory ramdisks.

The TripleO project also develops elements that can be used to deploy OpenStack itself. While users and operators can manually script or put together ram disks and disk images, mature automation makes customisation and testing easier.

This package provides the documentation.

There are three methods to install diskimage-builder-doc 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 diskimage-builder-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install diskimage-builder-doc

Install diskimage-builder-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install diskimage-builder-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install diskimage-builder-doc

Install diskimage-builder-doc 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 diskimage-builder-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install diskimage-builder-doc

How To Uninstall diskimage-builder-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the diskimage-builder-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove diskimage-builder-doc

Uninstall diskimage-builder-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove diskimage-builder-doc

Remove diskimage-builder-doc Configurations and Data

To remove diskimage-builder-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge diskimage-builder-doc

Remove diskimage-builder-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove diskimage-builder-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge diskimage-builder-doc

Dependencies

diskimage-builder-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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