How To Install mdm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mdm

mdm is:

The Middleman System (mdm) is a set of utilities that help you parallelize your shell scripts. Simply label the commands to run in parallel, and the System automatically exploits every parallelization opportunity that arises at runtime. You can also specify dependency between commands so that they run in an appropriate order.

Comes with an ncurses-based monitoring console. Compatible with xargs, find, make, any shell, together, in a script or interactively.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mdm

Install mdm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mdm

Install mdm 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 mdm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mdm

How To Uninstall mdm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mdm

Uninstall mdm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mdm

Remove mdm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mdm

Remove mdm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mdm

Dependencies

mdm have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6
• screen

References

• mdm website

Summary

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