How To Install graphdefang on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is graphdefang

graphdefang is:

GraphDefang is a configurable utility that parses arbitrary syslog entries and creates a set of configurable charts (PNG files) with the data. These files can be written to disk or displayed by a web server through a CGI script.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install graphdefang

Install graphdefang Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install graphdefang

Install graphdefang 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 graphdefang using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install graphdefang

How To Uninstall graphdefang on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove graphdefang

Uninstall graphdefang And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove graphdefang

Remove graphdefang Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge graphdefang

Remove graphdefang configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge graphdefang

Dependencies

graphdefang have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• graphdefang website

Summary

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