How To Install riemann-c-client on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install riemann-c-client on Kali Linux.

What is riemann-c-client

riemann-c-client is:

Riemann is a network event stream processor, intended for analyitics, metrics and alerting; and to glue various monitoring systems together.

This package provides a simple utility to send events to, or query a Riemann server.

There are three methods to install riemann-c-client 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 riemann-c-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install riemann-c-client

Install riemann-c-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install riemann-c-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install riemann-c-client

Install riemann-c-client 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 riemann-c-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install riemann-c-client

How To Uninstall riemann-c-client on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the riemann-c-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove riemann-c-client

Uninstall riemann-c-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove riemann-c-client

Remove riemann-c-client Configurations and Data

To remove riemann-c-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge riemann-c-client

Remove riemann-c-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove riemann-c-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge riemann-c-client

Dependencies

riemann-c-client have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libjson-c5
• libriemann-client0

References

• riemann-c-client website

Summary

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