How To Install libcentreon-clib on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcentreon-clib on Kali Linux. libcentreon-clib is Network, system, applicative supervision and monitoring - core libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcentreon-clib on Kali Linux.

What is libcentreon-clib

libcentreon-clib is:

Centreon is a modular and flexible platform for network, system and applicative supervision and monitoring.

  • monitoring of network services
  • monitoring of host resources
  • simple plugin design that allows users to easily develop their own service checks
  • parallelized service checks
  • ability to define network hierarchies
  • contact notifications when service or host problems occur and get resolved (via email, page, or user-defined method)
  • ability to define event handlers to be run during service or host events for proactive problem resolution
  • automatic log file rotation
  • support for implementing redundant monitoring hosts

This package contains the core clib libraries.

There are three methods to install libcentreon-clib 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 libcentreon-clib Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcentreon-clib

Install libcentreon-clib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcentreon-clib

Install libcentreon-clib 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 libcentreon-clib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcentreon-clib

How To Uninstall libcentreon-clib on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcentreon-clib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcentreon-clib

Uninstall libcentreon-clib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcentreon-clib

Remove libcentreon-clib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcentreon-clib

Remove libcentreon-clib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcentreon-clib

Dependencies

libcentreon-clib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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