How To Install calamaris on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is calamaris

calamaris is:

Calamaris is a Perl script which generates nice statistics out of Squid or Oops log files. It is invoked daily before the proxy rotates its log files, and mails the statistics or puts them on the web.

Various options are supported for generated reports; some extra features require the suggested Perl modules.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install calamaris

Install calamaris Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install calamaris

Install calamaris 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 calamaris using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install calamaris

How To Uninstall calamaris on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove calamaris

Uninstall calamaris And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove calamaris

Remove calamaris Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge calamaris

Remove calamaris configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge calamaris

Dependencies

calamaris have the following dependencies:

• bc
• debconf
• perl

References

• calamaris website

Summary

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