How To Install vitrage-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vitrage-common on Kali Linux. vitrage-common is OpenStack RCA as a Service - metapackage

Introduction

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

What is vitrage-common

vitrage-common is:

Vitrage provides a root cause analysis service, which is used for analyzing the topology and alarms of the cloud, and providing insights about it.

This package is a metapackage that helps installing all of Vitrage at once.

There are three methods to install vitrage-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 vitrage-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 vitrage-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vitrage-common

Install vitrage-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vitrage-common

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

sudo aptitude -y install vitrage-common

How To Uninstall vitrage-common on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vitrage-common

Uninstall vitrage-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vitrage-common

Remove vitrage-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vitrage-common

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

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

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

Dependencies

vitrage-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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