How To Install librrdtool-oo-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librrdtool-oo-perl on Kali Linux.

What is librrdtool-oo-perl

librrdtool-oo-perl is:

RRDTool::OO is an object-oriented Perl interface to Tobi Oetiker’s round robin database tool, also known as rrdtool. It uses rrdtool’s RRDs module to access rrdtool’s shared library. It tries to marry rrdtool’s database engine with the Perl programming language.

Using this module hides implementation details of the RRD engine, uses easy- to-memorize named parameters and sets meaningful defaults for parameters not needed in simple cases. For the experienced user, however, it still provides full access to rrdtool’s API.

There are three methods to install librrdtool-oo-perl 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 librrdtool-oo-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install librrdtool-oo-perl

Install librrdtool-oo-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librrdtool-oo-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librrdtool-oo-perl

Install librrdtool-oo-perl 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 librrdtool-oo-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librrdtool-oo-perl

How To Uninstall librrdtool-oo-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the librrdtool-oo-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librrdtool-oo-perl

Uninstall librrdtool-oo-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librrdtool-oo-perl

Remove librrdtool-oo-perl Configurations and Data

To remove librrdtool-oo-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librrdtool-oo-perl

Remove librrdtool-oo-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librrdtool-oo-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librrdtool-oo-perl

Dependencies

librrdtool-oo-perl have the following dependencies:

• liblog-log4perl-perl
• librrds-perl
• perl

References

• librrdtool-oo-perl website

Summary

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