How To Install lvresize on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install lvm2

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is lvresize and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install lvresize on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install lvresize using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt -y install lvm2

Install lvresize using apt

Because lvresize is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install lvresize using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lvm2

Install lvresize using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 aptitude database, You can install lvresize by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lvm2

How to upgrade (update) a single package lvresize using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the lvresize, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install lvm2

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install lvm2

How To Uninstall lvresize from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lvresize package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lvm2

Uninstall lvresize and all its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lvm2

Remove lvresize with all configurations and data

To remove lvresize configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lvm2

Remove lvresize completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to lvresize package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lvm2

Extra info and code examples

operations on physical volumes (hard disks, RAID-Systems, magneto optical, etc., multiple devices (MD), see mdadm(8) or even loop devices, see losetup(8)), creating volume groups (kind of virtual disks) from one or more physical volumes and creating one or more logical volumes (kind of logical partitions) in volume groups.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install lvresize using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the lvresize from Kali Linux.

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