How To Install munin-plugins-c on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install munin-plugins-c on Kali Linux.

What is munin-plugins-c

munin-plugins-c is:

Munin is a highly flexible and powerful solution used to create graphs of virtually everything imaginable throughout your network, while still maintaining a rattling ease of installation and configuration.

This package contains C rewrites of some of the core plugins for the Munin node such as cpu, load, memory and uptime.

The purpose for rewriting the plugins is the reduced resource usage.

There are three methods to install munin-plugins-c 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 munin-plugins-c Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install munin-plugins-c

Install munin-plugins-c Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install munin-plugins-c using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install munin-plugins-c

Install munin-plugins-c 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 munin-plugins-c using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install munin-plugins-c

How To Uninstall munin-plugins-c on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the munin-plugins-c package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove munin-plugins-c

Uninstall munin-plugins-c And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove munin-plugins-c

Remove munin-plugins-c Configurations and Data

To remove munin-plugins-c configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge munin-plugins-c

Remove munin-plugins-c configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove munin-plugins-c configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge munin-plugins-c

Dependencies

munin-plugins-c have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• munin-plugins-c website

Summary

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