How To Install dracut-squash on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-squash
on Kali Linux.
What is dracut-squash
dracut-squash is:
Package to build an initramfs with most files in a squashfs image.
This package provides a dracut module to build an initramfs, but store most files in a squashfs image, result in a smaller initramfs size and reduce runtime memory usage.
There are three methods to install dracut-squash
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 dracut-squash Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dracut-squash
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dracut-squash
Install dracut-squash Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dracut-squash
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dracut-squash
Install dracut-squash 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 dracut-squash
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dracut-squash
How To Uninstall dracut-squash on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dracut-squash
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dracut-squash
Uninstall dracut-squash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dracut-squash
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dracut-squash
Remove dracut-squash Configurations and Data
To remove dracut-squash
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dracut-squash
Remove dracut-squash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dracut-squash
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dracut-squash
Dependencies
dracut-squash have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-squash
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.