How To Install corosync-notifyd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-notifyd on Kali Linux. corosync-notifyd is cluster engine notification daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-notifyd on Kali Linux.

What is `corosync-notifyd`

corosync-notifyd is:

The Corosync Cluster Engine is a Group Communication
System with additional features for implementing high availability within
applications. The project provides four C Application Programming Interface
features:

A closed process group communication model with virtual synchrony
guarantees for creating replicated state machines.
A simple availability manager that restarts the application process
when it has failed.
A configuration and statistics in-memory database that provide the
ability to set, retrieve, and receive change notifications of
information.
A quorum system that notifies applications when quorum is achieved
or lost.

This package contains the DBus/SNMP notification daemon for Corosync events.

There are three methods to install corosync-notifyd 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 corosync-notifyd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install corosync-notifyd

Install corosync-notifyd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install corosync-notifyd

Install corosync-notifyd 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 corosync-notifyd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install corosync-notifyd

How To Uninstall corosync-notifyd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the corosync-notifyd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove corosync-notifyd

Uninstall corosync-notifyd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove corosync-notifyd

Remove corosync-notifyd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge corosync-notifyd

Remove corosync-notifyd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge corosync-notifyd

Dependencies

corosync-notifyd have the following dependencies:

References

corosync-notifyd website

Summary

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