How To Install rsyslog-hiredis on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-hiredis on Kali Linux.

What is rsyslog-hiredis

rsyslog-hiredis is:

This plugin allows rsyslog to write syslog messages to Redis, a key-value database in a similar vein to memcache but the dataset is non-volatile.

There are three methods to install rsyslog-hiredis 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 rsyslog-hiredis Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-hiredis

Install rsyslog-hiredis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rsyslog-hiredis

Install rsyslog-hiredis 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 rsyslog-hiredis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-hiredis

How To Uninstall rsyslog-hiredis on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rsyslog-hiredis package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-hiredis

Uninstall rsyslog-hiredis And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-hiredis

Remove rsyslog-hiredis Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-hiredis

Remove rsyslog-hiredis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-hiredis

Dependencies

rsyslog-hiredis have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libhiredis0.14
• rsyslog

References

• rsyslog-hiredis website

Summary

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