How To Install crazydiskinfo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is crazydiskinfo

crazydiskinfo is:

CrazyDiskInfo is an interactive TUI S.M.A.R.T viewer for Unix systems.

• UI similar to CrystalDiskInfo.
• Health and temperature checking algorithms based on CrystalDiskInfo.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install crazydiskinfo

Install crazydiskinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install crazydiskinfo

Install crazydiskinfo 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 crazydiskinfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install crazydiskinfo

How To Uninstall crazydiskinfo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove crazydiskinfo

Uninstall crazydiskinfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crazydiskinfo

Remove crazydiskinfo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge crazydiskinfo

Remove crazydiskinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crazydiskinfo

Dependencies

crazydiskinfo have the following dependencies:

• libatasmart4
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libncursesw6
• libstdc++6
• libtinfo6

References

• crazydiskinfo website

Summary

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