How To Install rrdcached on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rrdcached

rrdcached is:

RRDCacheD is a daemon that receives updates to existing RRD files, accumulates them and, if enough have been received or a defined time has passed, writes the updates to the RRD file. The daemon was written with big setups in mind. Those setups usually run into I/O related problems. RRDCacheD’s goal is to alleviate these problems.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rrdcached

Install rrdcached Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rrdcached

Install rrdcached 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 rrdcached using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rrdcached

How To Uninstall rrdcached on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rrdcached

Uninstall rrdcached And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rrdcached

Remove rrdcached Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rrdcached

Remove rrdcached configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rrdcached

Dependencies

rrdcached have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• lsb-base
• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• librrd8

References

• rrdcached website

Summary

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