How To Install cacti-spine on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cacti-spine on Kali Linux.
What is cacti-spine
cacti-spine is:
Spine is a replacement for the default cmd.php poller in the cacti package. It primarily strives to be as fast as possible, and is designed for sites with large numbers of hosts and devices polled.
If the default poller provided by cacti works for you, then you should not use this package. You should only use this package if the default poller is unable to complete a polling cycle in the required amount of time.
There are three methods to install cacti-spine 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 cacti-spine Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cacti-spine using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cacti-spineInstall cacti-spine Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cacti-spine using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cacti-spineInstall cacti-spine 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 cacti-spine using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cacti-spineHow To Uninstall cacti-spine on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cacti-spine package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cacti-spineUninstall cacti-spine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cacti-spine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cacti-spineRemove cacti-spine Configurations and Data
To remove cacti-spine configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cacti-spineRemove cacti-spine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cacti-spine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cacti-spineDependencies
cacti-spine have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cacti-spine package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.