How To Install haproxyctl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is haproxyctl

haproxyctl is:

Wrapper to make life with HAProxy a little more convenient. Features:

• enable and disable servers on the fly
• change server’s weight
• show HAProxy status in CLI
• formats server weight and backends in a readable way
• provides Nagios and Cloudkick health checks

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install haproxyctl

Install haproxyctl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install haproxyctl

Install haproxyctl 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 haproxyctl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install haproxyctl

How To Uninstall haproxyctl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove haproxyctl

Uninstall haproxyctl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove haproxyctl

Remove haproxyctl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge haproxyctl

Remove haproxyctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge haproxyctl

Dependencies

haproxyctl have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• haproxyctl website

Summary

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