How To Install vagrant-hostmanager on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-hostmanager on Kali Linux.

What is vagrant-hostmanager

vagrant-hostmanager is:

vagrant-hostmanager is a Vagrant plugin that manages the hosts file on guest machines (and optionally the host). Its goal is to enable resolution of multi-machine environments deployed with a cloud provider where IP addresses are not known in advance.

There are three methods to install vagrant-hostmanager 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 vagrant-hostmanager Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vagrant-hostmanager

Install vagrant-hostmanager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vagrant-hostmanager

Install vagrant-hostmanager 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 vagrant-hostmanager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vagrant-hostmanager

How To Uninstall vagrant-hostmanager on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vagrant-hostmanager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vagrant-hostmanager

Uninstall vagrant-hostmanager And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vagrant-hostmanager

Remove vagrant-hostmanager Configurations and Data

To remove vagrant-hostmanager configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vagrant-hostmanager

Remove vagrant-hostmanager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vagrant-hostmanager

Dependencies

vagrant-hostmanager have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• vagrant-hostmanager website

Summary

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