How To Install cstream on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cstream

cstream is:

cstream is a general-purpose stream-handling tool like UNIX’ dd, usually used in commandline-constructed pipes. It has a more traditional command line syntax, support for precise bandwidth limiting and reporting and support for FIFOs. Data limits and throughput rate calculation will work for files > 4 GB.

cstream reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output, if no filenames are given. It will also ‘generate’ or ‘sink’ data if desired.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cstream

Install cstream Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cstream

Install cstream 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 cstream using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cstream

How To Uninstall cstream on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cstream

Uninstall cstream And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cstream

Remove cstream Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cstream

Remove cstream configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cstream

Dependencies

cstream have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• cstream website

Summary

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