How To Install varmon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install varmon on Kali Linux. varmon is VA RAID monitor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install varmon on Kali Linux.

What is varmon

varmon is:

A text-based tool to monitor DAC 960 RAID controllers. This includes Mylex RAID cards from the 960 and 1100 series, eXteremeRAID 2000 & 3000, AcceleRAID 352 & 170.

There are three methods to install varmon 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 varmon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install varmon

Install varmon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install varmon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install varmon

Install varmon 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 varmon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install varmon

How To Uninstall varmon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the varmon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove varmon

Uninstall varmon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove varmon

Remove varmon Configurations and Data

To remove varmon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge varmon

Remove varmon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge varmon

Dependencies

varmon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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