How to Install and Uninstall xfsprogs Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "xfsprogs" package

Please follow the guidance below to install xfsprogs on Kali Linux


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall xfsprogs on Kali Linux:


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

Package: xfsprogs
Version: 6.6.0-1
Installed-Size: 3476
Maintainer: XFS Development Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: xfsdump (<< 3.0.0)
Provides: fsck-backend
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.20), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libicu72 (>= 72.1~rc-1~), libinih1 (>= 53), liburcu8 (>= 0.13.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), python3:any
Suggests: xfsdump, acl, attr, quota
Breaks: xfsdump (<< 3.0.0)
Size: 1001368
SHA256: aafadb912b7c6cf0d42c7ffb25b44559847eb805cda1060bcdd4eda8f850d365
SHA1: 1a0d926571138579261e2a5e1e594d2ccf988c95
MD5sum: 9cc1b2557b7f691b3e17f2a58a52d624
Description: Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
A set of commands to use the XFS filesystem, including mkfs.xfs.
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XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated
on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can
support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes,
variable block sizes, is extent based, and makes extensive use of
Btrees (directories, extents, free space) to aid both performance
and scalability.
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Refer to the documentation at https://xfs.wiki.kernel.org/
for complete details.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://xfs.wiki.kernel.org/
Tag: admin::filesystem, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xfsprogs/xfsprogs_6.6.0-1_amd64.deb