How To Install daemontools-run on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install daemontools-run on Kali Linux.
What is daemontools-run
daemontools-run is:
Starts svscanboot from inittab, and provides the directory /etc/service/ for services to be supervised by daemontools.
There are three methods to install daemontools-run 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 daemontools-run Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install daemontools-run using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install daemontools-runInstall daemontools-run Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install daemontools-run using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install daemontools-runInstall daemontools-run 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 daemontools-run using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install daemontools-runHow To Uninstall daemontools-run on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the daemontools-run package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove daemontools-runUninstall daemontools-run And Its Dependencies
To uninstall daemontools-run and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove daemontools-runRemove daemontools-run Configurations and Data
To remove daemontools-run configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge daemontools-runRemove daemontools-run configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove daemontools-run configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge daemontools-runDependencies
daemontools-run have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install daemontools-run package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
