How To Install cdist-doc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdist-doc
on Kali Linux.
What is cdist-doc
cdist-doc is:
cdist is a usable configuration management system. It adheres to the KISS principle and is being used in small up to enterprise grade environments. It has the following noteworthy features:
- shell scripting configuration language
- access to all control structures (if, case, for, while)
- idempotent target properties
- zero-dependencies: target system need only /bin/sh and ssh
- push-based distribution
- highly-scalable
cdist is an alternative to other configuration management systems like cfengine, bcfg2, chef and puppet.
This package contains Sphinx-generated html documentation.
There are three methods to install cdist-doc
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 cdist-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cdist-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cdist-doc
Install cdist-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cdist-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cdist-doc
Install cdist-doc 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 cdist-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cdist-doc
How To Uninstall cdist-doc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cdist-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cdist-doc
Uninstall cdist-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cdist-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cdist-doc
Remove cdist-doc Configurations and Data
To remove cdist-doc
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cdist-doc
Remove cdist-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cdist-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cdist-doc
Dependencies
cdist-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cdist-doc
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.