How To Install mcollective-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-common on Kali Linux. mcollective-common is Marionette Collective clustering framework - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-common on Kali Linux.

What is mcollective-common

mcollective-common is:

The Marionette Collective is a framework for building server orchestration and parallel job execution systems.

This package provides common files for MCollective.

There are three methods to install mcollective-common 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 mcollective-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-common

Install mcollective-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mcollective-common

Install mcollective-common 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 mcollective-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-common

How To Uninstall mcollective-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mcollective-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mcollective-common

Uninstall mcollective-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcollective-common

Remove mcollective-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-common

Remove mcollective-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-common

Dependencies

mcollective-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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