How To Install vnstati on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vnstati

vnstati is:

vnStati provides image output support for statistics collected using vnStat. The image file format is limited to png. All basic outputs of vnStat are supported excluding live traffic features. The image can be outputted either to a file or to standard output.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vnstati

Install vnstati Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vnstati

Install vnstati 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 vnstati using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vnstati

How To Uninstall vnstati on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vnstati

Uninstall vnstati And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vnstati

Remove vnstati Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vnstati

Remove vnstati configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vnstati

Dependencies

vnstati have the following dependencies:

• vnstat
• libc6
• libgd3
• libsqlite3-0

References

• vnstati website

Summary

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