How To Install rrdcollect-dbg on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rrdcollect-dbg on Kali Linux.

What is rrdcollect-dbg

rrdcollect-dbg is:

This package contains the debugging symbols for RRDcollect, the daemon which polls data from certain sources into RRD databases.

There are three methods to install rrdcollect-dbg 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 rrdcollect-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rrdcollect-dbg

Install rrdcollect-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rrdcollect-dbg

Install rrdcollect-dbg 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 rrdcollect-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rrdcollect-dbg

How To Uninstall rrdcollect-dbg on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rrdcollect-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rrdcollect-dbg

Uninstall rrdcollect-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rrdcollect-dbg

Remove rrdcollect-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove rrdcollect-dbg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rrdcollect-dbg

Remove rrdcollect-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rrdcollect-dbg

Dependencies

rrdcollect-dbg have the following dependencies:

• rrdcollect

References

• rrdcollect-dbg website

Summary

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