How To Install watcher-applier on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install watcher-applier on Kali Linux.

What is watcher-applier

watcher-applier is:

OpenStack Watcher provides a flexible and scalable resource optimization service for multi-tenant OpenStack-based clouds. Watcher provides a complete optimization loop-including everything from a metrics receiver, complex event processor and profiler, optimization processor and an action plan applier. This provides a robust framework to realize a wide range of cloud optimization goals, including the reduction of data center operating costs, increased system performance via intelligent virtual machine migration, increased energy efficiency-and more!

This package contains the Watcher Applier.

There are three methods to install watcher-applier 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 watcher-applier Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install watcher-applier

Install watcher-applier Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install watcher-applier

Install watcher-applier 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 watcher-applier using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install watcher-applier

How To Uninstall watcher-applier on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the watcher-applier package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove watcher-applier

Uninstall watcher-applier And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove watcher-applier

Remove watcher-applier Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge watcher-applier

Remove watcher-applier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge watcher-applier

Dependencies

watcher-applier have the following dependencies:

• watcher-common
• lsb-base

References

• watcher-applier website

Summary

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