How To Install lxctl on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxctl
on Kali Linux.
What is lxctl
lxctl is:
Utility to manage different aspects of Linux Containers (LXC).
There are three methods to install lxctl
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 lxctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxctl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxctl
Install lxctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxctl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxctl
Install lxctl 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 lxctl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxctl
How To Uninstall lxctl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lxctl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxctl
Uninstall lxctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxctl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxctl
Remove lxctl Configurations and Data
To remove lxctl
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxctl
Remove lxctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxctl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxctl
Dependencies
lxctl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxctl
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.