How To Install systray-mdstat on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install systray-mdstat on Kali Linux. systray-mdstat is Notifies about Linux Software RAID changes in system tray

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install systray-mdstat on Kali Linux.

What is systray-mdstat

systray-mdstat is:

systray-mdstat is a system tray icon indicating the state of local Linux Software RAIDs (as set up with mdadm) by checking /proc/mdstat for changes ?? especially failures ?? periodically.

The use case for this utility is a desktop or laptop with a software RAID setup and no remote monitoring of the RAID (e.g. for privacy reasons or due to lacking a permanent network connection or an appropriate monitoring server).

There are three methods to install systray-mdstat 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 systray-mdstat Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install systray-mdstat

Install systray-mdstat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install systray-mdstat

Install systray-mdstat 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 systray-mdstat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install systray-mdstat

How To Uninstall systray-mdstat on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the systray-mdstat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove systray-mdstat

Uninstall systray-mdstat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove systray-mdstat

Remove systray-mdstat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge systray-mdstat

Remove systray-mdstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systray-mdstat

Dependencies

systray-mdstat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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