How To Install lsm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lsm

lsm is:

Provide a Link Status Monitor, It can be used to monitor Linux router/firewall connectivity and if router/firewall has multiple connections it can change routing when an up/down event happens by utilizing external script. This package is highly influenced by fping and iputils arping.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lsm

Install lsm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lsm

Install lsm 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 lsm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lsm

How To Uninstall lsm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lsm

Uninstall lsm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsm

Remove lsm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lsm

Remove lsm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lsm

Dependencies

lsm have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• lsm website

Summary

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