How To Install fai-client on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-client on Kali Linux. fai-client is Fully Automatic Installation client package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-client on Kali Linux.

What is fai-client

fai-client is:

FAI is a non-interactive system to install, customize and manage Linux systems and software configurations on computers as well as virtual machines and chroot environments, from small networks to large infrastructures and clusters.

This is the client package for FAI. It contains the parts necessary to run the softupdate functionality on already installed systems, and is needed for the dirinstall functionality and others on a FAI server.

There are three methods to install fai-client 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 fai-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fai-client

Install fai-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fai-client

Install fai-client 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 fai-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fai-client

How To Uninstall fai-client on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fai-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fai-client

Uninstall fai-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fai-client

Remove fai-client Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fai-client

Remove fai-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fai-client

Dependencies

fai-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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