How To Install gmetad on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gmetad

gmetad 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 ‘gmetad’ daemon, which collects information from ganglia monitor clients and writes it to RRD databases.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gmetad

Install gmetad Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gmetad

Install gmetad 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 gmetad using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gmetad

How To Uninstall gmetad on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gmetad

Uninstall gmetad And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmetad

Remove gmetad Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gmetad

Remove gmetad configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmetad

Dependencies

gmetad have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libapr1
• libc6
• libexpat1
• libganglia1
• librrd8
• zlib1g

References

• gmetad website

Summary

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