How To Install cs on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cs on Kali Linux. cs is simple, yet powerful CloudStack API client

Introduction

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

What is cs

cs is:

cs a simple, yet powerful Apache CloudStack API client written in Python and available as a command-line tool. It is a thin wrapper on top of the CloudStack API and hence it is able to adapt to any future version.

Apache CloudStack is open source software designed to deploy and manage large networks of virtual machines.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cs

Install cs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cs

Install cs 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 cs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cs

How To Uninstall cs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cs

Uninstall cs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cs

Remove cs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cs

Remove cs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cs

Dependencies

cs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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