How To Install salt-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-doc on Kali Linux. salt-doc is additional documentation for salt, the distributed remote execution system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-doc on Kali Linux.

What is salt-doc

salt-doc is:

salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer servers in a fast and efficient way.

It allows commands to be executed across large groups of servers. This means systems can be easily managed, but data can also be easily gathered. Quick introspection into running systems becomes a reality.

Remote execution is usually used to set up a certain state on a remote system. Salt addresses this problem as well, the salt state system uses salt state files to define the state a server needs to be in.

Between the remote execution system, and state management Salt addresses the backbone of cloud and data center management.

This particular package provides the HTML documentation for salt.

There are three methods to install salt-doc 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 salt-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install salt-doc

Install salt-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install salt-doc

Install salt-doc 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 salt-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install salt-doc

How To Uninstall salt-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the salt-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove salt-doc

Uninstall salt-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove salt-doc

Remove salt-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge salt-doc

Remove salt-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge salt-doc

Dependencies

salt-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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