How To Install ksysguardd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ksysguardd

ksysguardd is:

System Guard Daemon can be installed on a remote system so that the KDE System Guard can connect to and monitor it.

This package is part of the KDE base workspace module.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ksysguardd

Install ksysguardd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ksysguardd

Install ksysguardd 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 ksysguardd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ksysguardd

How To Uninstall ksysguardd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ksysguardd

Uninstall ksysguardd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ksysguardd

Remove ksysguardd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ksysguardd

Remove ksysguardd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ksysguardd

Dependencies

ksysguardd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsensors5

References

• ksysguardd website

Summary

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