How To Install google-perftools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-perftools on Kali Linux.

What is google-perftools

google-perftools is:

The gperftools, previously called google-perftools, package contains some utilities to improve and analyze the performance of C++ programs. This is a part of that package, and includes command line utilities.

There are three methods to install google-perftools 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 google-perftools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install google-perftools

Install google-perftools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install google-perftools

Install google-perftools 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 google-perftools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install google-perftools

How To Uninstall google-perftools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the google-perftools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove google-perftools

Uninstall google-perftools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove google-perftools

Remove google-perftools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge google-perftools

Remove google-perftools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge google-perftools

Dependencies

google-perftools have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• google-perftools website

Summary

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