How To Install cpupower-gui on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpupower-gui on Kali Linux. cpupower-gui is GUI utility to change the CPU frequency

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpupower-gui on Kali Linux.

What is cpupower-gui

cpupower-gui is:

This utility can change the operating frequency of the CPU for each core separately. Additionally, the cpu governor can be changed. The program can detect offline cores and only present the available ones. Furthermore, if a core doesn’t support frequency scaling is not shown. There is also an option to apply the same settings to all cores simultaneously. To apply the settings, the user must be local and active, as well as in group sudo. Local and active users not in this group must authenticate themselves as admin in order to apply the settings.

There are three methods to install cpupower-gui 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 cpupower-gui Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cpupower-gui

Install cpupower-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cpupower-gui

Install cpupower-gui 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 cpupower-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cpupower-gui

How To Uninstall cpupower-gui on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cpupower-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cpupower-gui

Uninstall cpupower-gui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpupower-gui

Remove cpupower-gui Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cpupower-gui

Remove cpupower-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpupower-gui

Dependencies

cpupower-gui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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