How To Install ttyload on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ttyload on Kali Linux. ttyload is console based color-coded graphs of CPU load average

Introduction

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

What is ttyload

ttyload is:

Display fairly standard, but hard-coded, ANSI ASCII escape sequences for screen manipulation and colorization for different graphs: 1 minute, 5 minute, 15 minute load averages.

See https://www.daveltd.com/src/util/ttyload/screenshots.html

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ttyload

Install ttyload Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ttyload

Install ttyload 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 ttyload using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ttyload

How To Uninstall ttyload on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ttyload

Uninstall ttyload And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ttyload

Remove ttyload Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ttyload

Remove ttyload configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ttyload

Dependencies

ttyload have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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