How To Install fair on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fair on Kali Linux.
What is fair
fair is:
Fair is a system for implementing load balancers; it consists of two daemons: carrousel and transponder. Carrousel, which performs load balancing services, typically runs on a load balancer; transponder runs on the servers.
Fair understands network topologies where one node is reachable via more than one IP address; this allows not only the servers, but the network to be redundant as well. This distinguishes fair from other load balancers.
There are three methods to install fair 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 fair Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fair using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fairInstall fair Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fair using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fairInstall fair 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 fair using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fairHow To Uninstall fair on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fair package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fairUninstall fair And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fair and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fairRemove fair Configurations and Data
To remove fair configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fairRemove fair configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fair configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fairDependencies
fair have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fair package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
