How To Install librrd8 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librrd8 on Kali Linux.

What is librrd8

librrd8 is:

The Round Robin Database Tool (RRDtool) is a system to store and display time-series data (e.g. network bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average). It stores the data in Round Robin Databases (RRDs), a very compact way that will not expand over time. RRDtool processes the extracted data to enforce a certain data density, allowing for useful graphical representation of data values.

This package contains shared libraries used to access and manipulate RRDs.

There are three methods to install librrd8 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 librrd8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librrd8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librrd8

Install librrd8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librrd8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librrd8

Install librrd8 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 librrd8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librrd8

How To Uninstall librrd8 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librrd8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librrd8

Uninstall librrd8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librrd8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librrd8

Remove librrd8 Configurations and Data

To remove librrd8 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librrd8

Remove librrd8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librrd8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librrd8

Dependencies

librrd8 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libdbi1
• libglib2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpng16-16
• libxml2

References

• librrd8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librrd8 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.