How To Install apachetop on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install apachetop on Kali Linux. apachetop is Realtime Apache monitoring tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apachetop on Kali Linux.

What is apachetop

apachetop is:

Apache top is a curses-based realtime utility to display information from a running copy of Apache.

It is modelled after the standard ’top’ utility, and displays information such as the requests pers second, bytes per second and the most popular URLs displayed.

It must be run from a machine running Apache, as it works by processing the logfiles found in /var/log/apache.

There are three methods to install apachetop 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 apachetop Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install apachetop

Install apachetop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install apachetop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install apachetop

Install apachetop 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 apachetop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apachetop

How To Uninstall apachetop on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the apachetop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apachetop

Uninstall apachetop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apachetop

Remove apachetop Configurations and Data

To remove apachetop configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apachetop

Remove apachetop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apachetop

Dependencies

apachetop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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