How To Install zeroc-glacier2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install zeroc-glacier2 on Kali Linux. zeroc-glacier2 is Glacier2 router

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zeroc-glacier2 on Kali Linux.

What is zeroc-glacier2

zeroc-glacier2 is:

This package contains the Glacier2 router. A Glacier2 router allows you to securely route Ice communications across networks, such as the public Internet and a private network behind a firewall. With Glacier2, you only need to open one port in your firewall to make multiple back-end Ice servers reachable by remote Ice clients on the Internet.

Ice is a comprehensive RPC framework that helps you network your software with minimal effort. Ice takes care of all interactions with low-level network programming interfaces and allows you to focus your efforts on your application logic.

There are three methods to install zeroc-glacier2 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 zeroc-glacier2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install zeroc-glacier2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zeroc-glacier2

Install zeroc-glacier2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zeroc-glacier2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zeroc-glacier2

Install zeroc-glacier2 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 zeroc-glacier2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zeroc-glacier2

How To Uninstall zeroc-glacier2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the zeroc-glacier2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zeroc-glacier2

Uninstall zeroc-glacier2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zeroc-glacier2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zeroc-glacier2

Remove zeroc-glacier2 Configurations and Data

To remove zeroc-glacier2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zeroc-glacier2

Remove zeroc-glacier2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zeroc-glacier2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zeroc-glacier2

Dependencies

zeroc-glacier2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zeroc-glacier2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.