Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sup on Kali Linux.
What is sup
sup is:
The SUP System is a set of programs developed by Carnegie Mellon
University that provide for collections of files to be maintained in
identical versions across a number of machines. These programs are:
SUP: The “client” program, run by users or system maintainers, which
initiates the upgrade activity on a machine requesting the
latest version of a collection of files. SUP will normally be
run as a daemon, firing up once each night (week, etc.) to
upgrade the specified file collections.
SUPFILESRV: The “file server” program, a daemon that is run by the
system maintainer to service requests for files initiated by client
SUP programs. The file server runs on every machine used as a
“repository” of distributable versions of files. It runs continuously
and listens for network connection requests by individual client
processes; for each individual client request, a process is forked to
service that request.
SUPSCAN: The “file scanner” program, that may optionally be run
periodically to speed up execution of the file server. It
pre-compiles a list of files on the file system that match the
specifications for a given file collection so that the file server
need not do this during each upgrade of that collection. The file
scanner is normally used daily for very large file collections that
are upgraded by many clients each day; it is not so useful for small
file collections or for those that are upgraded by only a few client
machines per day.
There are three methods to install sup 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 sup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install sup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install supInstall sup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install supInstall sup 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 sup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sup
How To Uninstall sup on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the sup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sup
Uninstall sup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sup
Remove sup Configurations and Data
To remove sup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sup
Remove sup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sup
Dependencies
sup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
