How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs on Kali Linux. libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs is Virtualization daemon ZFS storage driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs on Kali Linux.

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs is:

Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.

This package contains the libvirtd storage driver for ZFS.

There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs

Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs

Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs Configurations and Data

To remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs

Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs

Dependencies

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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