How To Install torrus-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install torrus-common on Kali Linux.

What is torrus-common

torrus-common is:

Core part of the Torrus suite, providing support files needed by the other Torrus packages. It can be installed directly and used with any FastCGI-compatible webserver package.

Torrus is designed to be a universal front-end framework for Round-Robin Databases using Tobias Oetiker’s RRDtool. It may be configured to collect and monitor arbitrary data series from various data sources which can in turn be displayed on a web page.

One of the traditional applications of this functionality is the collection and visualization of network information using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) from SNMP-enabled devices.

You will need to install libcrypt-des-perl and libdigest-hmac-perl for SNMPv3 support. SNMP over IPv6-transport is also supported after installing libio-socket-inet6-perl.

Torrus has been formerly known as rrfw, round-robin database framework.

There are three methods to install torrus-common 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 torrus-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install torrus-common

Install torrus-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install torrus-common

Install torrus-common 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 torrus-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install torrus-common

How To Uninstall torrus-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the torrus-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove torrus-common

Uninstall torrus-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove torrus-common

Remove torrus-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge torrus-common

Remove torrus-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge torrus-common

Dependencies

torrus-common have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• adduser
• rrdtool
• perl
• redis
• libredis-fast-perl
• libgit-objectstore-perl
• libjson-perl
• libcache-ref-perl
• libxml-libxml-perl
• libnet-snmp-perl
• libproc-daemon-perl
• librrds-perl
• libcgi-fast-perl
• libapache-session-perl
• libtemplate-perl
• libtimedate-perl

References

• torrus-common website

Summary

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