How To Install ipvsadm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ipvsadm

ipvsadm is:

The Linux Virtual Server (lvs or IPVS) is a highly scalable and highly available server built on a cluster of real servers. The architecture of the cluster is transparent to end users, and the users see only a single virtual server.

This package provides some support programs necessary to implement a virtual server under Linux. With the addition of the mon and heartbeat packages it is possible to implement a complete high-availability solution for Linux.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ipvsadm

Install ipvsadm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ipvsadm

Install ipvsadm 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 ipvsadm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ipvsadm

How To Uninstall ipvsadm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ipvsadm

Uninstall ipvsadm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ipvsadm

Remove ipvsadm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ipvsadm

Remove ipvsadm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ipvsadm

Dependencies

ipvsadm have the following dependencies:

• lsb-base
• libc6
• libnl-3-200
• libnl-genl-3-200
• libpopt0

References

• ipvsadm website

Summary

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