How To Install balboa-backend-rocksdb on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install balboa-backend-rocksdb on Kali Linux. balboa-backend-rocksdb is RocksDB backend for balboa

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install balboa-backend-rocksdb on Kali Linux.

What is balboa-backend-rocksdb

balboa-backend-rocksdb is:

balboa is the BAsic Little Book Of Answers. It consumes and indexes observations from passive DNS collection, providing a GraphQL interface to access the aggregated contents of the observations database.

This package contains the RocksDB backend.

There are three methods to install balboa-backend-rocksdb 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 balboa-backend-rocksdb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install balboa-backend-rocksdb

Install balboa-backend-rocksdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install balboa-backend-rocksdb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install balboa-backend-rocksdb

Install balboa-backend-rocksdb 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 balboa-backend-rocksdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install balboa-backend-rocksdb

How To Uninstall balboa-backend-rocksdb on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the balboa-backend-rocksdb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove balboa-backend-rocksdb

Uninstall balboa-backend-rocksdb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove balboa-backend-rocksdb

Remove balboa-backend-rocksdb Configurations and Data

To remove balboa-backend-rocksdb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge balboa-backend-rocksdb

Remove balboa-backend-rocksdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove balboa-backend-rocksdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge balboa-backend-rocksdb

Dependencies

balboa-backend-rocksdb have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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