How To Install mirmon on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mirmon
on Kali Linux.
What is mirmon
mirmon is:
Mirmon helps administrators in keeping an eye on the mirror sites. In a concise graphic format, mirmon shows each site’s status history of the last two weeks. It is easy to spot stale or dead mirrors.
There are three methods to install mirmon
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 mirmon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mirmon
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mirmon
Install mirmon Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mirmon
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mirmon
Install mirmon 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 mirmon
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mirmon
How To Uninstall mirmon on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mirmon
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mirmon
Uninstall mirmon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mirmon
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mirmon
Remove mirmon Configurations and Data
To remove mirmon
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mirmon
Remove mirmon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mirmon
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mirmon
Dependencies
mirmon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mirmon
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.