How To Install gdmap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gdmap

gdmap is:

GdMap is a tool which allows you to visualize disk space. Ever wondered why your hard disk is full or what directory and files take up most of the space? With GdMap these questions can be answered quickly. To display directory structures cushion treemaps are used which visualize a complete folder or even the whole hard drive with one picture.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gdmap

Install gdmap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gdmap

Install gdmap 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 gdmap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gdmap

How To Uninstall gdmap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gdmap

Uninstall gdmap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdmap

Remove gdmap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gdmap

Remove gdmap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdmap

Dependencies

gdmap have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libxml2

References

• gdmap website

Summary

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