This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install RRDtool on Kali Linux latest version.
Before installing RRDtool, it’s important to update and upgrade all packages on the Kali Linux system. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Enter your root password when prompted.
Once the packages have been updated and upgraded, RRDtool can be installed using the following command:
sudo apt-get install rrdtool
Enter ‘Y’ when prompted to confirm the installation.
After installation is complete, you can verify whether RRDtool has been installed correctly. Run the following command to check the installed version of RRDtool:
rrdtool -v
This should output something like this:
RRDtool 1.7.0 Copyright 1997-2018 by Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>
Compiled Nov 7 2018 23:47:28
Now that you've installed RRDtool, you can start using it to create and manage Round Robin Databases. You can start by reading the RRDtool documentation for its usage.
man rrdtool
This will display the RRDtool manual page with all available options.
That’s it! You now know how to install RRDtool on Kali Linux, and can start using it to monitor data for your applications or systems.
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