How To Install ganglia-monitor on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ganglia-monitor on Kali Linux.
What is ganglia-monitor
ganglia-monitor is:
Ganglia is a scalable, real-time cluster monitoring environment that collects cluster statistics in an open and well-defined XML format.
This package contains the monitor core program.
There are three methods to install ganglia-monitor 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 ganglia-monitor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ganglia-monitor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ganglia-monitorInstall ganglia-monitor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ganglia-monitor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ganglia-monitorInstall ganglia-monitor 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 ganglia-monitor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ganglia-monitorHow To Uninstall ganglia-monitor on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ganglia-monitor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ganglia-monitorUninstall ganglia-monitor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ganglia-monitor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ganglia-monitorRemove ganglia-monitor Configurations and Data
To remove ganglia-monitor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ganglia-monitorRemove ganglia-monitor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ganglia-monitor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ganglia-monitorDependencies
ganglia-monitor have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ganglia-monitor package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.