How To Install zookeeperd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is zookeeperd

zookeeperd is:

ZooKeeper is a centralized, reliable, service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and group services. All of these kinds of services are used in some form or another by distributed applications.

This package contains init.d scripts to start and stop zookeeper and starts zookeeper on installation.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zookeeperd

Install zookeeperd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zookeeperd

Install zookeeperd 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 zookeeperd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zookeeperd

How To Uninstall zookeeperd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove zookeeperd

Uninstall zookeeperd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zookeeperd

Remove zookeeperd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zookeeperd

Remove zookeeperd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zookeeperd

Dependencies

zookeeperd have the following dependencies:

• lsb-base
• zookeeper

References

• zookeeperd website

Summary

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