How To Install btrfs-heatmap on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install btrfs-heatmap on Kali Linux.

What is btrfs-heatmap

btrfs-heatmap is:

The btrfs heatmap script creates a visualization of how a btrfs filesystem is using the underlying disk space of the block devices that are added to it.

There are three methods to install btrfs-heatmap 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 btrfs-heatmap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install btrfs-heatmap

Install btrfs-heatmap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install btrfs-heatmap

Install btrfs-heatmap 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 btrfs-heatmap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install btrfs-heatmap

How To Uninstall btrfs-heatmap on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the btrfs-heatmap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove btrfs-heatmap

Uninstall btrfs-heatmap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove btrfs-heatmap

Remove btrfs-heatmap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge btrfs-heatmap

Remove btrfs-heatmap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge btrfs-heatmap

Dependencies

btrfs-heatmap have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• btrfs-heatmap website

Summary

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