How To Install heartbeat-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install heartbeat-dev on Kali Linux. heartbeat-dev is Subsystem for High-Availability Linux - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install heartbeat-dev on Kali Linux.

What is heartbeat-dev

heartbeat-dev is:

heartbeat is a messaging subsystem for high availability which implements serial, UDP, and PPP/UDP heartbeats.

It is one of the messaging layers supported by the Pacemaker cluster resource manager.

This package contains Heartbeat-specific development files.

There are three methods to install heartbeat-dev 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 heartbeat-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install heartbeat-dev

Install heartbeat-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install heartbeat-dev

Install heartbeat-dev 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 heartbeat-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install heartbeat-dev

How To Uninstall heartbeat-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the heartbeat-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove heartbeat-dev

Uninstall heartbeat-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove heartbeat-dev

Remove heartbeat-dev Configurations and Data

To remove heartbeat-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge heartbeat-dev

Remove heartbeat-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heartbeat-dev

Dependencies

heartbeat-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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