How To Install fxt-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fxt-tools on Kali Linux.
What is fxt-tools
fxt-tools is:
FxT is a library and associated tools that can be used to analyze the performance of multithreaded programs which can potentially use a hybrid thread scheduler (i.e. a user-level scheduler on top of a kernel-level one). The Marcel thread library can take full profit from this library.
FxT is based on the offline analysis of traces (sequence of events recorded at run time).
This package contains tools.
There are three methods to install fxt-tools 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 fxt-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fxt-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fxt-toolsInstall fxt-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fxt-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fxt-toolsInstall fxt-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fxt-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fxt-toolsHow To Uninstall fxt-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fxt-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fxt-toolsUninstall fxt-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fxt-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fxt-toolsRemove fxt-tools Configurations and Data
To remove fxt-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fxt-toolsRemove fxt-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fxt-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fxt-toolsDependencies
fxt-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fxt-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.