How To Install multiwatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is multiwatch

multiwatch is:

multiwatch forks multiple instance of one application and keeps them running.

It is made to be used with spawn-fcgi so all forks share the same fastcgi socket (no webserver restart needed if you increase/decrease the number of forks), and it is easier to setup than multiple daemontool or runit supervised instances.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install multiwatch

Install multiwatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install multiwatch

Install multiwatch 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 multiwatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install multiwatch

How To Uninstall multiwatch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove multiwatch

Uninstall multiwatch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove multiwatch

Remove multiwatch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge multiwatch

Remove multiwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multiwatch

Dependencies

multiwatch have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libev4

References

• multiwatch website

Summary

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