How To Install dmeventd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmeventd on Kali Linux. dmeventd is Linux Kernel Device Mapper event daemon

Introduction

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

What is dmeventd

dmeventd is:

The Linux Kernel Device Mapper is the LVM (Linux Logical Volume Management) Team’s implementation of a minimalistic kernel-space driver that handles volume management, while keeping knowledge of the underlying device layout in user-space. This makes it useful for not only LVM, but software raid, and other drivers that create “virtual” block devices.

This package contains a daemon to monitor events of devmapper devices.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dmeventd

Install dmeventd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dmeventd

Install dmeventd 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 dmeventd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dmeventd

How To Uninstall dmeventd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dmeventd

Uninstall dmeventd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dmeventd

Remove dmeventd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dmeventd

Remove dmeventd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dmeventd

Dependencies

dmeventd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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