How To Install collectd-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-utils on Kali Linux.
What is collectd-utils
collectd-utils is:
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.
This package contains the following utility:
- collectdctl: Control interface for collectd
- collectd-nagios: Nagios plugin for querying collectd
There are three methods to install collectd-utils 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-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install collectd-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install collectd-utilsInstall collectd-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install collectd-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install collectd-utilsInstall collectd-utils 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 collectd-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install collectd-utilsHow To Uninstall collectd-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the collectd-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove collectd-utilsUninstall collectd-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall collectd-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove collectd-utilsRemove collectd-utils Configurations and Data
To remove collectd-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge collectd-utilsRemove collectd-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove collectd-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge collectd-utilsDependencies
collectd-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.