How To Install gdu on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gdu

gdu is:

Disk usage analyzer with console interface written in Go. Intended primarily for SSD disks where it can fully utilize parallel processing. However HDDs work as well, but the performance gain is not so huge.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gdu

Install gdu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gdu

Install gdu 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 gdu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gdu

How To Uninstall gdu on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gdu

Uninstall gdu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdu

Remove gdu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gdu

Remove gdu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdu

Dependencies

gdu have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• gdu website

Summary

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