How To Install traildb-cli on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install traildb-cli on Kali Linux. traildb-cli is library to handle series of discrete events (cli tool)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install traildb-cli on Kali Linux.

What is traildb-cli

traildb-cli is:

TrailDB is a highly optimized database library, written in C, which allows you to store and query trillions of discrete events quickly. In contrast to many other time-series databases, TrailDB focuses on discrete data, like events in a log file, which it can compress efficiently using a custom compression algorithm.

This package contains cli tool for traildb.

There are three methods to install traildb-cli 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 traildb-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install traildb-cli

Install traildb-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install traildb-cli

Install traildb-cli 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 traildb-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install traildb-cli

How To Uninstall traildb-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the traildb-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove traildb-cli

Uninstall traildb-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove traildb-cli

Remove traildb-cli Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge traildb-cli

Remove traildb-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge traildb-cli

Dependencies

traildb-cli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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