How To Install recap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is recap

recap is:

This program is intended to be used as a companion for the reporting provided by sysstat. It will create a set of reports summarizing hardware resource utilization. The script also provides optional reporting on a web server, MySQL and network connections.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install recap

Install recap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install recap

Install recap 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 recap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install recap

How To Uninstall recap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove recap

Uninstall recap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove recap

Remove recap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge recap

Remove recap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge recap

Dependencies

recap have the following dependencies:

• gawk
• iotop
• iproute2
• links
• procps
• sysstat

References

• recap website

Summary

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