How To Install erlang-os-mon on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erlang-os-mon on Kali Linux.

What is erlang-os-mon

erlang-os-mon is:

The operating system monitor, OS_Mon, provides services for monitoring CPU load, disk usage, memory usage and OS messages.

There are three methods to install erlang-os-mon 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 erlang-os-mon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install erlang-os-mon

Install erlang-os-mon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install erlang-os-mon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install erlang-os-mon

Install erlang-os-mon 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 erlang-os-mon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install erlang-os-mon

How To Uninstall erlang-os-mon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the erlang-os-mon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove erlang-os-mon

Uninstall erlang-os-mon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erlang-os-mon

Remove erlang-os-mon Configurations and Data

To remove erlang-os-mon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erlang-os-mon

Remove erlang-os-mon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove erlang-os-mon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erlang-os-mon

Dependencies

erlang-os-mon have the following dependencies:

• erlang-base

References

• erlang-os-mon website

Summary

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