How To Install numatop on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install numatop on Kali Linux. numatop is NUMA runtime observation tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install numatop on Kali Linux.

What is numatop

numatop is:

NumaTOP is an observation tool for runtime memory locality characterization and analysis of processes and threads running on a NUMA system. It helps the user characterize the NUMA behavior of processes and threads and identify where the NUMA-related performance bottlenecks reside.

There are three methods to install numatop 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 numatop Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install numatop

Install numatop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install numatop using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install numatop

Install numatop 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 numatop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install numatop

How To Uninstall numatop on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the numatop package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove numatop

Uninstall numatop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove numatop

Remove numatop Configurations and Data

To remove numatop configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge numatop

Remove numatop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge numatop

Dependencies

numatop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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