How To Install fai-nfsroot on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-nfsroot on Kali Linux.
What is fai-nfsroot
fai-nfsroot 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 package contains the software that is only needed in the FAI nfsroot. Do not install this package on a normal machine.
There are three methods to install fai-nfsroot 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-nfsroot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fai-nfsroot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fai-nfsrootInstall fai-nfsroot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fai-nfsroot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fai-nfsrootInstall fai-nfsroot 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 fai-nfsroot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fai-nfsrootHow To Uninstall fai-nfsroot on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fai-nfsroot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fai-nfsrootUninstall fai-nfsroot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fai-nfsroot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fai-nfsrootRemove fai-nfsroot Configurations and Data
To remove fai-nfsroot configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fai-nfsrootRemove fai-nfsroot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fai-nfsroot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fai-nfsrootDependencies
fai-nfsroot have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-nfsroot package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.