How To Install libcpufreq0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpufreq0 on Kali Linux. libcpufreq0 is shared library to deal with the cpufreq Linux kernel feature

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpufreq0 on Kali Linux.

What is libcpufreq0

libcpufreq0 is:

This library provide an unified method to access the CPUFreq kernel interface.

There are three methods to install libcpufreq0 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 libcpufreq0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcpufreq0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcpufreq0

Install libcpufreq0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcpufreq0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcpufreq0

Install libcpufreq0 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 libcpufreq0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcpufreq0

How To Uninstall libcpufreq0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcpufreq0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcpufreq0

Uninstall libcpufreq0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcpufreq0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpufreq0

Remove libcpufreq0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcpufreq0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcpufreq0

Remove libcpufreq0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcpufreq0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpufreq0

Dependencies

libcpufreq0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpufreq0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.