How To Install multitail on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is multitail

multitail is:

multitail lets you view one or multiple files like the original tail program.

The difference is that this program creates multiple windows on your console (with ncurses). It can also use colors while displaying the logfiles for faster recognizing which lines are important and which are not.

It is optimized for terminal-sessions through slow links.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install multitail

Install multitail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install multitail

Install multitail 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 multitail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install multitail

How To Uninstall multitail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove multitail

Uninstall multitail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove multitail

Remove multitail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge multitail

Remove multitail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multitail

Dependencies

multitail have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncursesw6
• libtinfo6

References

• multitail website

Summary

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