How To Install pdsh on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pdsh on Kali Linux. pdsh is Efficient rsh-like utility, for using hosts in parallel

Introduction

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

What is pdsh

pdsh is:

Pdsh is a high-performance, parallel remote shell utility, similar to dsh. It has built-in, thread-safe clients for rsh. Pdsh uses a “sliding window” parallel algorithm to conserve socket resources on the initiating node and to allow progress to continue while timeouts occur on some connections.

It makes all parallel connections from one client machine, and attempts to keep 32 (default, can be changed on command line) connections to remote machines at any given time. It can run single commands or as an interactive shell.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pdsh

Install pdsh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pdsh

Install pdsh 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 pdsh using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pdsh

How To Uninstall pdsh on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pdsh

Uninstall pdsh And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pdsh

Remove pdsh Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pdsh

Remove pdsh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pdsh

Dependencies

pdsh have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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