How To Install htop on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is htop

htop is:

Htop is an ncursed-based process viewer similar to top, but it allows one to scroll the list vertically and horizontally to see all processes and their full command lines.

Tasks related to processes (killing, renicing) can be done without entering their PIDs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install htop

Install htop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install htop

Install htop 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 htop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install htop

How To Uninstall htop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove htop

Uninstall htop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove htop

Remove htop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge htop

Remove htop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge htop

Dependencies

htop have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncursesw6
• libnl-3-200
• libnl-genl-3-200
• libtinfo6

References

• htop website

Summary

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