How To Install drbd-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-doc on Kali Linux. drbd-doc is RAID 1 over TCP/IP for Linux (user documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-doc on Kali Linux.

What is drbd-doc

drbd-doc is:

Drbd is a block device which is designed to build high availability clusters by providing a virtual shared device which keeps disks in nodes synchronised using TCP/IP. This simulates RAID 1 but avoiding the use of uncommon hardware (shared SCSI buses or Fibre Channel). It is currently limited to fail-over HA clusters.

This package contains the DRBD User’s Guide in HTML and PDF format.

There are three methods to install drbd-doc 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 drbd-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install drbd-doc

Install drbd-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install drbd-doc

Install drbd-doc 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 drbd-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install drbd-doc

How To Uninstall drbd-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the drbd-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove drbd-doc

Uninstall drbd-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove drbd-doc

Remove drbd-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge drbd-doc

Remove drbd-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge drbd-doc

Dependencies

drbd-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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