How To Install prometheus-smokeping-prober on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-smokeping-prober on Kali Linux.
What is prometheus-smokeping-prober
prometheus-smokeping-prober is:
This prober sends a series of ICMP (or UDP) pings to a target and records the responses in Prometheus histogram metrics. The resulting metrics are useful for detecting changes in network latency (or round trip time), as well as packet loss over a network path.
There are three methods to install prometheus-smokeping-prober 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 prometheus-smokeping-prober Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install prometheus-smokeping-prober using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prometheus-smokeping-proberInstall prometheus-smokeping-prober Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install prometheus-smokeping-prober using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prometheus-smokeping-proberInstall prometheus-smokeping-prober 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install prometheus-smokeping-prober using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prometheus-smokeping-proberHow To Uninstall prometheus-smokeping-prober on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the prometheus-smokeping-prober package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prometheus-smokeping-proberUninstall prometheus-smokeping-prober And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prometheus-smokeping-prober and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prometheus-smokeping-proberRemove prometheus-smokeping-prober Configurations and Data
To remove prometheus-smokeping-prober configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prometheus-smokeping-proberRemove prometheus-smokeping-prober configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prometheus-smokeping-prober configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prometheus-smokeping-proberDependencies
prometheus-smokeping-prober have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-smokeping-prober package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
