How To Install faultstat on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is faultstat

faultstat is:

Faultstat reports the page fault activity of processes running on a system. The tool supports a ’top’ like mode to dynamically display the top page faulting processes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install faultstat

Install faultstat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install faultstat

Install faultstat 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 faultstat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install faultstat

How To Uninstall faultstat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove faultstat

Uninstall faultstat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove faultstat

Remove faultstat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge faultstat

Remove faultstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge faultstat

Dependencies

faultstat have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncursesw6
• libtinfo6

References

• faultstat website

Summary

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