How To Install libquorum5 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquorum5 on Kali Linux. libquorum5 is cluster engine Quorum library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquorum5 on Kali Linux.

What is libquorum5

libquorum5 is:

The Corosync Cluster Engine is a Group Communication System with additional features for implementing high availability within applications. The project provides four C Application Programming Interface features:

  • A closed process group communication model with virtual synchrony guarantees for creating replicated state machines.
  • A simple availability manager that restarts the application process when it has failed.
  • A configuration and statistics in-memory database that provide the ability to set, retrieve, and receive change notifications of information.
  • A quorum system that notifies applications when quorum is achieved or lost.

This package contains the Quorum library.

There are three methods to install libquorum5 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 libquorum5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libquorum5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libquorum5

Install libquorum5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libquorum5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libquorum5

Install libquorum5 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 libquorum5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libquorum5

How To Uninstall libquorum5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libquorum5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libquorum5

Uninstall libquorum5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libquorum5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquorum5

Remove libquorum5 Configurations and Data

To remove libquorum5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libquorum5

Remove libquorum5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libquorum5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquorum5

Dependencies

libquorum5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libquorum5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.