How To Install ganglia-monitor on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ganglia-monitor on Kali Linux. ganglia-monitor is cluster monitoring toolkit - node daemon

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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ganglia-monitor

Install ganglia-monitor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ganglia-monitor

Install 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install ganglia-monitor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ganglia-monitor

How 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-monitor

Uninstall 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-monitor

Remove 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-monitor

Remove 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-monitor

Dependencies

ganglia-monitor have the following dependencies:

References

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.