How To Install ifmetric on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ifmetric

ifmetric is:

ifmetric is a Linux tool for setting the metrics of all IPv4 routes attached to a given network interface at once. This may be used to change the priority of routing IPv4 traffic over the interface. Lower metrics correlate with higher priorities.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ifmetric

Install ifmetric Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ifmetric

Install ifmetric 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 ifmetric using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ifmetric

How To Uninstall ifmetric on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ifmetric

Uninstall ifmetric And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ifmetric

Remove ifmetric Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ifmetric

Remove ifmetric configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ifmetric

Dependencies

ifmetric have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• ifmetric website

Summary

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