How To Install fusioninventory-agent on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fusioninventory-agent
on Kali Linux.
What is fusioninventory-agent
fusioninventory-agent is:
FusionInventory Agent is an application designed to help a network or system administrator to keep track of the hardware and software configurations of devices. This agent can collect information about from:
- the local machine (Inventory)
- the network using SNMP
- an VMware ESX or vCenter server The agent can be driven from different asset management software including GLPI, Rudder, Uranos, OCSInventory.
The agent can also be used to install new software and configuration changes.
There are three methods to install fusioninventory-agent
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 fusioninventory-agent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install fusioninventory-agent
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install fusioninventory-agent Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install fusioninventory-agent
using apt
by running the following command:
Install fusioninventory-agent 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.
After updating apt database, We can install fusioninventory-agent
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall fusioninventory-agent on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fusioninventory-agent
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall fusioninventory-agent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fusioninventory-agent
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove fusioninventory-agent Configurations and Data
To remove fusioninventory-agent
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove fusioninventory-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fusioninventory-agent
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
fusioninventory-agent have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fusioninventory-agent
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.