How To Install drbl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is drbl

drbl is:

DRBL (Diskless Remote Boot in Linux) provides a diskless or systemless environment for client machines. It works on Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS and OpenSuSE. DRBL uses distributed hardware resources and makes it possible for clients to fully access local hardware. It also includes Clonezilla, a partition and disk cloning utility similar to Symantec Ghost(TM) or True Image(TM).

For more details, check

1. http://drbl.sourceforge.net (English)
2. http://drbl.nchc.org.tw (Chinese Big5 - Taiwan)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install drbl

Install drbl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install drbl

Install drbl 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 drbl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install drbl

How To Uninstall drbl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove drbl

Uninstall drbl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove drbl

Remove drbl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge drbl

Remove drbl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge drbl

Dependencies

drbl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• bash
• ipcalc
• wakeonlan
• bc
• fdisk
• e2fsprogs

References

• drbl website

Summary

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