How To Install kacpimon on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kacpimon

kacpimon is:

Modern computers support the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) to allow intelligent power management on your system and to query battery and configuration status.

kacpimon is a small tool that monitors kernel ACPI and keyboard events from multiple interfaces and reports them to the console.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kacpimon

Install kacpimon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kacpimon

Install kacpimon 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 kacpimon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kacpimon

How To Uninstall kacpimon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kacpimon

Uninstall kacpimon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kacpimon

Remove kacpimon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kacpimon

Remove kacpimon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kacpimon

Dependencies

kacpimon have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• runit-helper

References

• kacpimon website

Summary

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