How To Install libgoogle-perftools4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgoogle-perftools4 on Kali Linux.

What is libgoogle-perftools4

libgoogle-perftools4 is:

The gperftools, previously called google-perftools, package contains some utilities to improve and analyze the performance of C++ programs. This includes the full features: an optimized thread-caching malloc() and cpu and heap profiling utilities.

There are three methods to install libgoogle-perftools4 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 libgoogle-perftools4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgoogle-perftools4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgoogle-perftools4

Install libgoogle-perftools4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgoogle-perftools4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgoogle-perftools4

Install libgoogle-perftools4 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 libgoogle-perftools4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgoogle-perftools4

How To Uninstall libgoogle-perftools4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgoogle-perftools4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgoogle-perftools4

Uninstall libgoogle-perftools4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgoogle-perftools4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgoogle-perftools4

Remove libgoogle-perftools4 Configurations and Data

To remove libgoogle-perftools4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgoogle-perftools4

Remove libgoogle-perftools4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgoogle-perftools4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgoogle-perftools4

Dependencies

libgoogle-perftools4 have the following dependencies:

• libtcmalloc-minimal4
• libc6
• libstdc++6
• libunwind8

References

• libgoogle-perftools4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgoogle-perftools4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.