How To Install php-icinga on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-icinga on Kali Linux. php-icinga is PHP library to communicate with and use Icinga

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-icinga on Kali Linux.

What is php-icinga

php-icinga is:

Icinga Web 2 is a very modular, fast and simple web interface for your Icinga monitoring environment.

Icinga is a PHP library providing a PHP API to interact with Icinga’s data and other core parts of Icinga web 2 that may be used by modules.

This library is mainly used by Icinga Web 2 to get its data.

There are three methods to install php-icinga 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 php-icinga Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install php-icinga

Install php-icinga Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-icinga

Install php-icinga 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 php-icinga using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-icinga

How To Uninstall php-icinga on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the php-icinga package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-icinga

Uninstall php-icinga And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-icinga

Remove php-icinga Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge php-icinga

Remove php-icinga configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-icinga

Dependencies

php-icinga have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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