How to Install and Uninstall xen-tools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "xen-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install xen-tools on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xen-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xen-tools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall xen-tools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xen-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xen-tools package on Kali Linux

Package: xen-tools
Version: 4.9.2-1
Installed-Size: 719
Maintainer: Axel Beckert
Architecture: all
Depends: debootstrap | cdebootstrap, libconfig-inifiles-perl, libdata-validate-domain-perl, libdata-validate-ip-perl, libdata-validate-uri-perl, libfile-slurp-perl, libfile-which-perl, libsort-versions-perl, libterm-ui-perl | perl (<< 5.17.0), libtext-template-perl, mount, openssh-client, perl, perl:any
Recommends: debian-archive-keyring, debootstrap (>= 1.0.117~), e2fsprogs, libexpect-perl, lvm2, rinse (>= 1.9.1-1), ubuntu-keyring | ubuntu-archive-keyring, xen-hypervisor, xen-utils
Suggests: btrfs-progs | btrfs-tools, cfengine2, grub-xen-host, reiserfsprogs, xfsprogs
Size: 130656
SHA256: aef4a8082502eb10c02ce1498995bd429fe4f623584def1900b57fca20a2c6a4
SHA1: 10529f5b3d0ef86b94b8846621bea1c79c3fcbc7
MD5sum: f8499459c14274b6f9c23fa34379f98c
Description: Tools to manage Xen virtual servers
This package contains tools to manage Debian based Xen virtual servers.
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Using the scripts you can easily create fully configured Xen guest
domains (DomU) which can be listed, updated, or copied easily.
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xen-tools currently can install:
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* Debian 3.1 Sarge (i386 only)
* Debian 4.0 Etch
* Debian 5.0 Lenny
* Debian 6.0 Squeeze
* Debian 7 Wheezy
* Debian 8 Jessie
* Debian 9 Stretch
* Debian 10 Buster
* Debian 11 Bullseye
* Debian 12 Bookworm (under development)
* Debian 13 Trixie (knows about this future release name)
* Debian 14 Forky (knows about this future release name)
* Debian Sid (Unstable)
* Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Drake (LTS)
* Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
* Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
* Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon
* Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (LTS)
* Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
* Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackaplope
* Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
* Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx (LTS)
* Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
* Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal
* Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
* Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin (LTS)
* Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal
* Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail
* Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander
* Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS)
* Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn
* Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet
* Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf
* Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus (LTS)
* Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak
* Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus
* Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark
* Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver (LTS)
* Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish
* Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo
* Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine
* Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa (LTS)
* Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla
* Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute Hippo
* Ubuntu 21.10 Impish Indri
* Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish (LTS)
* Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu
* Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster (preliminary support, under development)
* CentOS 5
* CentOS 6
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Note: Debian 7 Wheezy, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and any older
release requires the Linux kernel of the hosting machine to be booted
with "vsyscall=emulate" on the kernel commandline (i.e. in the
bootloader) to bootstrap these releases with xen-tools. See
/usr/share/doc/xen-tools/README.Debian for details.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://xen-tools.org/software/xen-tools
Tag: admin::virtualization, devel::debian, implemented-in::perl,
implemented-in::python, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xen-tools/xen-tools_4.9.2-1_all.deb