How To Install bar on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bar

bar is:

Bar is a simple tool to process a stream of data and print a display for the user on stderr showing (a) the amount of data passed, (b) the throughput of the data transfer, and, if the total size of the data stream is known, (c) estimated time remaining, percent complete, and a progress bar.

Bar was originally written for the purpose of estimating the amount of time needed to transfer large amounts (many, many gigabytes) of data across a network. (Usually in an SSH/tar pipe.)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bar

Install bar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bar

Install bar 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 bar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bar

How To Uninstall bar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bar

Uninstall bar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bar

Remove bar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bar

Remove bar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bar

Dependencies

bar have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• bar website

Summary

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