How To Install facter-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install facter-dev on Kali Linux.
What is facter-dev
facter-dev is:
Facter is Puppet??s cross-platform system profiling library. It discovers and reports per-node facts, which are collected by the Puppet agent and are made available in Puppet manifests as variables. Facter comes with a number of built-in facts providing information about the operating system, hardware, SSH keys, etc., but is also easily extensible through the following interfaces:
- Through custom facts using Facter’s Ruby API.
- Through `external’ facts which can be either executables, or static data files.
This package contains development files allowing 3rd party applications to use facter.
There are three methods to install facter-dev 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 facter-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install facter-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install facter-devInstall facter-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install facter-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install facter-devInstall facter-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install facter-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install facter-devHow To Uninstall facter-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the facter-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove facter-devUninstall facter-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall facter-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove facter-devRemove facter-dev Configurations and Data
To remove facter-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge facter-devRemove facter-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove facter-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge facter-devDependencies
facter-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install facter-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
