How To Install libcpupower1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpupower1 on Kali Linux.

What is libcpupower1

libcpupower1 is:

libcpupower is a library for inspecting and controlling cpufreq and cpuidle tunables.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libcpupower1 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 libcpupower1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcpupower1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcpupower1

Install libcpupower1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcpupower1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcpupower1

Install libcpupower1 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 libcpupower1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcpupower1

How To Uninstall libcpupower1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcpupower1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcpupower1

Uninstall libcpupower1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcpupower1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcpupower1

Remove libcpupower1 Configurations and Data

To remove libcpupower1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcpupower1

Remove libcpupower1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcpupower1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcpupower1

Dependencies

libcpupower1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libcpupower1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcpupower1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.