How To Install collectd on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd on Kali Linux.
What is collectd
collectd is a small daemon which collects system information periodically and provides mechanisms to monitor and store the values in a variety of ways. Since the daemon doesn’t need to startup every time it wants to update the values it’s very fast and easy on the system. Also, the statistics are very fine grained since the files are updated every 10 seconds by default.
The collected information can be used to find current performance bottlenecks (performance analysis) and predict future system load (capacity planning).
This package provides a full installation of the daemon, including the configuration. For the core system, see the “collectd-core” package, which allows sites to, e.g., provide customizations (like a custom default configuration) on top of it without having to modify the “collectd” package.
There are three ways to install collectd 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 collectd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install collectd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install collectd
Install collectd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install collectd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install collectd
Install collectd 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 collectd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install collectd
How To Uninstall collectd on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the collectd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove collectd
Uninstall collectd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall collectd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove collectd
Remove collectd Configurations and Data
To remove collectd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge collectd
Remove collectd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove collectd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge collectd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.