How To Install gkrelltopd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gkrelltopd

gkrelltopd is:

Plugin for gkrellmd. This is the server end plugin of gkrelltop. Gkrelltop displays the top three cpu intensive processes in a small window inside gkrellm, similar to wmtop. Useful to check out anytime what processes are consuming most cpu memory, or IO resources on your machine.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gkrelltopd

Install gkrelltopd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gkrelltopd

Install gkrelltopd 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 gkrelltopd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gkrelltopd

How To Uninstall gkrelltopd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gkrelltopd

Uninstall gkrelltopd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gkrelltopd

Remove gkrelltopd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gkrelltopd

Remove gkrelltopd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gkrelltopd

Dependencies

gkrelltopd have the following dependencies:

• gkrellmd
• libc6

References

• gkrelltopd website

Summary

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