How To Install gkrellm-ibam on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gkrellm-ibam on Kali Linux.

What is gkrellm-ibam

gkrellm-ibam is:

This is the ibam plugin for gkrellm.

IBAM is an advanced battery monitor for laptops, which uses statistical and adaptive linear methods to provide accurate estimations of minutes of battery left or of the time needed until full recharge. It requires APM, ACPI or PMU.

There are three methods to install gkrellm-ibam 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 gkrellm-ibam Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gkrellm-ibam

Install gkrellm-ibam Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gkrellm-ibam

Install gkrellm-ibam 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 gkrellm-ibam using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gkrellm-ibam

How To Uninstall gkrellm-ibam on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gkrellm-ibam package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gkrellm-ibam

Uninstall gkrellm-ibam And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrellm-ibam

Remove gkrellm-ibam Configurations and Data

To remove gkrellm-ibam configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gkrellm-ibam

Remove gkrellm-ibam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrellm-ibam

Dependencies

gkrellm-ibam have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• gkrellm-ibam website

Summary

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