How To Install itop on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is itop

itop is:

itop is a simple interrupt load monitor which opens and monitors /proc/interrupts in a top-like way. It can be set to monitor the file a specific number of times and monitor all interrupts, not only the ones currently in use.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install itop

Install itop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install itop

Install itop 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 itop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install itop

How To Uninstall itop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove itop

Uninstall itop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove itop

Remove itop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge itop

Remove itop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge itop

Dependencies

itop have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• itop website

Summary

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