How To Install fnotifystat on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fnotifystat

fnotifystat is:

Fnotifystat periodically dumps out the activity on files in the system. It can be used to identify rogue file activity and discover which processes are performing open/close/read/write operations on the files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fnotifystat

Install fnotifystat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fnotifystat

Install fnotifystat 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 fnotifystat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fnotifystat

How To Uninstall fnotifystat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fnotifystat

Uninstall fnotifystat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fnotifystat

Remove fnotifystat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fnotifystat

Remove fnotifystat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fnotifystat

Dependencies

fnotifystat have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• fnotifystat website

Summary

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