How To Install downtimed on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is downtimed

downtimed is:

Downtimed is a daemon intended to monitor and record the times an operating system is non-functional. It does this by keeping a simple database file and by regularly recording time stamps. A client executable reads the database to account for the lengths of periods when the system was down.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install downtimed

Install downtimed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install downtimed

Install downtimed 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 downtimed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install downtimed

How To Uninstall downtimed on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove downtimed

Uninstall downtimed And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove downtimed

Remove downtimed Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge downtimed

Remove downtimed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge downtimed

Dependencies

downtimed have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• lsb-base

References

• downtimed website

Summary

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