How To Install pcp-import-mrtg2pcp on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-import-mrtg2pcp on Kali Linux.
What is pcp-import-mrtg2pcp
pcp-import-mrtg2pcp is:
Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) front-end tool for importing data from MRTG (the Multi Router Traffic Grapher tool) into standard PCP archive logs for replay with any PCP monitoring tool (such as pmie, pmlogsummary, pmchart or pmdumptext).
There are three methods to install pcp-import-mrtg2pcp 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 pcp-import-mrtg2pcp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pcp-import-mrtg2pcp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pcp-import-mrtg2pcpInstall pcp-import-mrtg2pcp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pcp-import-mrtg2pcp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pcp-import-mrtg2pcpInstall pcp-import-mrtg2pcp 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 pcp-import-mrtg2pcp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pcp-import-mrtg2pcpHow To Uninstall pcp-import-mrtg2pcp on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pcp-import-mrtg2pcp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pcp-import-mrtg2pcpUninstall pcp-import-mrtg2pcp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pcp-import-mrtg2pcp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcp-import-mrtg2pcpRemove pcp-import-mrtg2pcp Configurations and Data
To remove pcp-import-mrtg2pcp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pcp-import-mrtg2pcpRemove pcp-import-mrtg2pcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pcp-import-mrtg2pcp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcp-import-mrtg2pcpDependencies
pcp-import-mrtg2pcp have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-import-mrtg2pcp package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
