How To Install cputool on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cputool

cputool is:

CPUTool allows the limiting of cpu usage of a process or a process group to a given limit and allows the suspensions of process execution if the system load exceeds a defined threshold.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cputool

Install cputool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cputool

Install cputool 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 cputool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cputool

How To Uninstall cputool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cputool

Uninstall cputool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cputool

Remove cputool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cputool

Remove cputool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cputool

Dependencies

cputool have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• cputool website

Summary

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