How To Install heat-api-cfn on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heat-api-cfn on Kali Linux.
What is heat-api-cfn
heat-api-cfn is:
Heat is a service to orchestrate multiple composite cloud applications using templates, through both an OpenStack-native ReST API and a CloudFormation-compatible Query API.
This package contains the CloudFormation (CFN) API.
There are three methods to install heat-api-cfn 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 heat-api-cfn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install heat-api-cfn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heat-api-cfnInstall heat-api-cfn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install heat-api-cfn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heat-api-cfnInstall heat-api-cfn 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install heat-api-cfn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heat-api-cfnHow To Uninstall heat-api-cfn on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the heat-api-cfn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heat-api-cfnUninstall heat-api-cfn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heat-api-cfn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heat-api-cfnRemove heat-api-cfn Configurations and Data
To remove heat-api-cfn configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heat-api-cfnRemove heat-api-cfn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heat-api-cfn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heat-api-cfnDependencies
heat-api-cfn have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heat-api-cfn package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
