How to Install and Uninstall overlayroot Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: October 31,2024

1. Install "overlayroot" package

This tutorial shows how to install overlayroot on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                overlayroot
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "overlayroot" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall overlayroot on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                overlayroot
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the overlayroot package on Kali Linux

Package: overlayroot
Source: cloud-initramfs-tools
Version: 0.18.debian13
Installed-Size: 63
Maintainer: Debian Cloud
Architecture: all
Depends: cryptsetup, cryptsetup-bin, initramfs-tools
Suggests: haveged
Size: 15360
SHA256: ae6fd63f196caaa037f78d1716c80d1f293ed239c3b2b72520a5c65629569209
SHA1: 2a88b950d957eef4f7740c9ec94181d4f998024c
MD5sum: 8a6674ff8f5ce64cba545f36c13aceef
Description: use an overlayfs on top of a read-only root filesystem
This package adds functionality to an initramfs built by initramfs-tools.
When installed and configured, the initramfs will mount an overlayfs
filesystem on top of a read-only root volume.
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The changes can be written to a in-memory temporary filesystem, a
filesystem on an existing block device, or a dmcrypt encrypted block
device.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/cloud-initramfs-tools
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-initramfs-tools/overlayroot_0.18.debian13_all.deb