How To Install fakeroot-ng on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fakeroot-ng on Kali Linux.
What is fakeroot-ng
fakeroot-ng is:
This is a clean reimplementation of the fakeroot command. Just like it, anything run within the fake root command will assume it is running as root. Unlike it, fakeroot-ng is not based on LD_PRELOAD but on ptrace.
The practical upshot of this is that the technology supports intercepting the “open” system call. In particular, this allows simulating the “chroot” command reliably.
Another important difference is that fakeroot-ng can fool applications that do not perform system calls through glibc, such as statically linked executables and programs written in some non-C languages (like the latest Sun JDK).
There are three methods to install fakeroot-ng 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 fakeroot-ng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fakeroot-ng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fakeroot-ngInstall fakeroot-ng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fakeroot-ng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fakeroot-ngInstall fakeroot-ng 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fakeroot-ng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fakeroot-ngHow To Uninstall fakeroot-ng on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fakeroot-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fakeroot-ngUninstall fakeroot-ng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fakeroot-ng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fakeroot-ngRemove fakeroot-ng Configurations and Data
To remove fakeroot-ng configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fakeroot-ngRemove fakeroot-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fakeroot-ng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fakeroot-ngDependencies
fakeroot-ng have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fakeroot-ng package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
