How To Install atfs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is atfs

atfs is:

AtFS is a storage system supporting multiple versions of files and
associating an arbitrary number of application defined attributes
of the form “name=value” with each version. AtFS comes as a function
library that is meant as an extension to the UNIX file system. It does
this without the need for kernel modifications and without imposing any
restrictions to existing file system applications. It is part of ShapeTools,
a software configuration management system.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install atfs

Install atfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install atfs

Install atfs 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 atfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install atfs

How To Uninstall atfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove atfs

Uninstall atfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove atfs

Remove atfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge atfs

Remove atfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atfs

Dependencies

atfs have the following dependencies:

• libatfs1
• libc6

References

• atfs website

Summary

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