How To Install python3-elasticsearch-curator on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-elasticsearch-curator on Kali Linux. python3-elasticsearch-curator is Python 3 library for managing Elasticsearch time-series indices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-elasticsearch-curator on Kali Linux.

What is python3-elasticsearch-curator

python3-elasticsearch-curator is:

Elasticsearch Curator helps manage Elasticsearch time-series indices. It consists of a Python library and a CLI tool providing a high-level interface to Elasticsearch administration tasks, such as:

  • Management of index aliases
  • Index optimization
  • Changing the replica count
  • Modifying the shard/index allocation using routing tags
  • Index snapshotting

This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python3-elasticsearch-curator 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 python3-elasticsearch-curator Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-elasticsearch-curator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-elasticsearch-curator

Install python3-elasticsearch-curator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-elasticsearch-curator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-elasticsearch-curator

Install python3-elasticsearch-curator 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 python3-elasticsearch-curator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-elasticsearch-curator

How To Uninstall python3-elasticsearch-curator on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-elasticsearch-curator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-elasticsearch-curator

Uninstall python3-elasticsearch-curator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-elasticsearch-curator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-elasticsearch-curator

Remove python3-elasticsearch-curator Configurations and Data

To remove python3-elasticsearch-curator configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-elasticsearch-curator

Remove python3-elasticsearch-curator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-elasticsearch-curator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-elasticsearch-curator

Dependencies

python3-elasticsearch-curator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-elasticsearch-curator package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.