How To Install slony1-2-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slony1-2-bin on Kali Linux.

What is slony1-2-bin

slony1-2-bin is:

Slony-I is an asynchronous master-to-multiple-slaves replication system for PostgreSQL with cascading and slave promotion.

This package contains the slon daemon and the slonik administration tool. It should be installed on those hosts where Slony-I daemons are to be run or administered, which usually, but not necessarily, are the hosts where the database server nodes are running.

There are three methods to install slony1-2-bin 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 slony1-2-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install slony1-2-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install slony1-2-bin

Install slony1-2-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install slony1-2-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install slony1-2-bin

Install slony1-2-bin 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 slony1-2-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slony1-2-bin

How To Uninstall slony1-2-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the slony1-2-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove slony1-2-bin

Uninstall slony1-2-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall slony1-2-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slony1-2-bin

Remove slony1-2-bin Configurations and Data

To remove slony1-2-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge slony1-2-bin

Remove slony1-2-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove slony1-2-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slony1-2-bin

Dependencies

slony1-2-bin have the following dependencies:

• lsb-base
• logrotate
• postgresql-common
• perl

References

• slony1-2-bin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slony1-2-bin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.