How To Install gnocchi-statsd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnocchi-statsd on Kali Linux.

What is gnocchi-statsd

gnocchi-statsd is:

Gnocchi is a service for managing a set of resources and storing metrics about them, in a scalable and resilient way. Its functionalities are exposed over an HTTP REST API.

This package contains the statsd daemon.

There are three methods to install gnocchi-statsd 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 gnocchi-statsd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnocchi-statsd

Install gnocchi-statsd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnocchi-statsd

Install gnocchi-statsd 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 gnocchi-statsd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnocchi-statsd

How To Uninstall gnocchi-statsd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnocchi-statsd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnocchi-statsd

Uninstall gnocchi-statsd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnocchi-statsd

Remove gnocchi-statsd Configurations and Data

To remove gnocchi-statsd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnocchi-statsd

Remove gnocchi-statsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnocchi-statsd

Dependencies

gnocchi-statsd have the following dependencies:

• gnocchi-common
• lsb-base

References

• gnocchi-statsd website

Summary

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