How To Install blkreplay on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blkreplay on Kali Linux.
What is blkreplay
blkreplay is a utility driving the block layer of the operating system while measuring latency and throughput of I/O operations for later visualisation.
blkreplay can create artificial loads (random read-write sweeps, various kinds of overload tests) or replay natural loads which have been recorded by blktrace or a similar utility run at production servers.
blkreplay can be used to test physical hardware, to compare different brands of hard disks or RAID controllers, to evaluate the effect of SSD caching, to compare different block level transports like iSCSI vs Fibrechannel and so on.
There are three ways to install blkreplay 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 blkreplay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install blkreplay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blkreplay
Install blkreplay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blkreplay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blkreplay
Install blkreplay Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 blkreplay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blkreplay
How To Uninstall blkreplay on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the blkreplay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blkreplay
Uninstall blkreplay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blkreplay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blkreplay
Remove blkreplay Configurations and Data
To remove blkreplay configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blkreplay
Remove blkreplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blkreplay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blkreplay
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blkreplay using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.