How To Install rt4-standalone on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rt4-standalone on Kali Linux.

What is rt4-standalone

rt4-standalone is:

Request Tracker (RT) is a ticketing system which enables a group of people to intelligently and efficiently manage tasks, issues, and requests submitted by a community of users. It features web, email, and command-line interfaces (see the package rt4-clients).

RT manages key tasks such as the identification, prioritization, assignment, resolution, and notification required by enterprise-critical applications, including project management, help desk, NOC ticketing, CRM, and software development.

This package provides the 4 series of RT. It can be installed alongside the 3.8 series without any problems.

This metapackage provides the standalone web server interface.

There are three methods to install rt4-standalone 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 rt4-standalone Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rt4-standalone using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rt4-standalone

Install rt4-standalone Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rt4-standalone using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rt4-standalone

Install rt4-standalone 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 rt4-standalone using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rt4-standalone

How To Uninstall rt4-standalone on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rt4-standalone package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rt4-standalone

Uninstall rt4-standalone And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rt4-standalone and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rt4-standalone

Remove rt4-standalone Configurations and Data

To remove rt4-standalone configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rt4-standalone

Remove rt4-standalone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rt4-standalone configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rt4-standalone

Dependencies

rt4-standalone have the following dependencies:

• starlet

References

• rt4-standalone website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rt4-standalone package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.