How To Install mdevctl on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdevctl
on Kali Linux.
What is mdevctl
mdevctl is:
mdevctl is a utility for managing and persisting devices in the mediated device framework of the Linux kernel. Mediated devices are sub-devices of a parent device (ex. a vGPU) which can be dynamically created and potentially used by drivers like vfio-mdev for assignment to virtual machines.
There are three methods to install mdevctl
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 mdevctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mdevctl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mdevctl
Install mdevctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mdevctl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mdevctl
Install mdevctl 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 mdevctl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mdevctl
How To Uninstall mdevctl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mdevctl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mdevctl
Uninstall mdevctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mdevctl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mdevctl
Remove mdevctl Configurations and Data
To remove mdevctl
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mdevctl
Remove mdevctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mdevctl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mdevctl
Dependencies
mdevctl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mdevctl
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.