How To Install erlang-metrics on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-metrics on Kali Linux.

What is erlang-metrics

erlang-metrics is:

A generic interface to folsom, exometer, grapherl or any compliant interface. It allows one to set a backend, register a new metric, and update a metric.

There are three methods to install erlang-metrics 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 erlang-metrics Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-metrics

Install erlang-metrics Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install erlang-metrics

Install erlang-metrics 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 erlang-metrics using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-metrics

How To Uninstall erlang-metrics on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the erlang-metrics package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove erlang-metrics

Uninstall erlang-metrics And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-metrics

Remove erlang-metrics Configurations and Data

To remove erlang-metrics configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-metrics

Remove erlang-metrics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-metrics

Dependencies

erlang-metrics have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-metrics website

Summary

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