How To Install ips on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ips on Kali Linux. ips is Intelligent process status

Introduction

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

What is ips

ips is:

Ips is an intelligent ps-like program which displays process status obtained from the /proc filesystem. It has features to make tracking of active, semi-active, and transient processes easy. It is extremely configurable, but is still efficient.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ips

Install ips Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ips

Install ips 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 ips using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ips

How To Uninstall ips on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ips

Uninstall ips And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ips

Remove ips Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ips

Remove ips configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ips

Dependencies

ips have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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