How To Install ldirectord on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldirectord
on Kali Linux.
What is ldirectord
ldirectord is:
ldirectord is a stand-alone daemon to monitor real servers behind virtual services provided by The Linux Virtual Server (LVS).
There are three methods to install ldirectord
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 ldirectord Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ldirectord
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ldirectord
Install ldirectord Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ldirectord
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ldirectord
Install ldirectord 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 ldirectord
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ldirectord
How To Uninstall ldirectord on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ldirectord
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ldirectord
Uninstall ldirectord And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ldirectord
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldirectord
Remove ldirectord Configurations and Data
To remove ldirectord
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ldirectord
Remove ldirectord configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ldirectord
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldirectord
Dependencies
ldirectord have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- ipvsadm
- lsb-base
- libauthen-radius-perl
- libcrypt-ssleay-perl
- libdbi-perl
- libdigest-hmac-perl
- libdigest-md5-perl
- libio-socket-inet6-perl
- libmail-pop3client-perl
- libmailtools-perl
- libnet-dns-perl
- libnet-imap-simple-perl
- libnet-imap-simple-ssl-perl
- libnet-ldap-perl
- libnet-perl
- libsocket6-perl
- libwww-perl
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldirectord
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.