How To Install eventstat on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is eventstat

eventstat is:

Eventstat periodically dumps out the current kernel event state. It keeps track of current events and outputs the change in events on each output update. The tool requires sudo to run since it needs to write to /proc/timer_stats to start and stop the event monitoring.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install eventstat

Install eventstat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install eventstat

Install eventstat 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 eventstat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eventstat

How To Uninstall eventstat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove eventstat

Uninstall eventstat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eventstat

Remove eventstat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge eventstat

Remove eventstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eventstat

Dependencies

eventstat have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• eventstat website

Summary

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