How To Install metamonger on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is metamonger

metamonger is:

metamonger allows you to save, diff, and restore filesystem metadata like mtime, atime, uid, gid, etc. The storage backend is line-wise JSON; this makes it easy to commit, track, and merge the data with a VCS like Git as well as edit the stored data by hand.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install metamonger

Install metamonger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install metamonger

Install metamonger 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 metamonger using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install metamonger

How To Uninstall metamonger on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove metamonger

Uninstall metamonger And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove metamonger

Remove metamonger Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge metamonger

Remove metamonger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge metamonger

Dependencies

metamonger have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• metamonger website

Summary

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