How To Install percona-toolkit on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install percona-toolkit on Kali Linux.

What is percona-toolkit

percona-toolkit is:

Percona Toolkit is a collection of advanced command-line tools to perform a variety of MySQL and system tasks that are too difficult or complex to perform manually, including:

• Verify master and replica data consistency
• Efficiently archive rows
• Find duplicate indexes
• Summarize MySQL servers
• Analyze queries from logs and tcpdump
• Collect vital system information when problems occur

There are three methods to install percona-toolkit 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 percona-toolkit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install percona-toolkit

Install percona-toolkit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install percona-toolkit

Install percona-toolkit 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 percona-toolkit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install percona-toolkit

How To Uninstall percona-toolkit on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the percona-toolkit package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove percona-toolkit

Uninstall percona-toolkit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove percona-toolkit

Remove percona-toolkit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge percona-toolkit

Remove percona-toolkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge percona-toolkit

Dependencies

percona-toolkit have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• percona-toolkit website

Summary

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