How To Install nut-snmp on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-snmp on Kali Linux. nut-snmp is network UPS tools - SNMP driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nut-snmp on Kali Linux.

What is nut-snmp

nut-snmp is:

Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware through the server, and are notified whenever the power status changes.

This package provides snmp-ups, the SNMP multi-MIB driver for UPS, which supports various MIBs including IETF, MGE, and APC. It adds an SNMP Manager interface to the core NUT system.

There are three methods to install nut-snmp 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 nut-snmp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nut-snmp

Install nut-snmp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nut-snmp

Install nut-snmp 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 nut-snmp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nut-snmp

How To Uninstall nut-snmp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nut-snmp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nut-snmp

Uninstall nut-snmp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nut-snmp

Remove nut-snmp Configurations and Data

To remove nut-snmp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nut-snmp

Remove nut-snmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nut-snmp

Dependencies

nut-snmp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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