How To Install libhyperic-sigar-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhyperic-sigar-java on Kali Linux.

What is libhyperic-sigar-java

libhyperic-sigar-java is:

The Sigar API provides a portable interface for gathering system information such as:

• system memory, swap, CPU, load average, uptime, logins
• per-process memory, CPU, credential info, state, arguments, environment, open files,
• file system detection and metrics
• network interface detection, configuration info and metrics
• TCP and UDP connection tables
• network route table

This package contains the Java bindings

There are three methods to install libhyperic-sigar-java 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 libhyperic-sigar-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhyperic-sigar-java

Install libhyperic-sigar-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhyperic-sigar-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhyperic-sigar-java

Install libhyperic-sigar-java 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 libhyperic-sigar-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhyperic-sigar-java

How To Uninstall libhyperic-sigar-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libhyperic-sigar-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhyperic-sigar-java

Uninstall libhyperic-sigar-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhyperic-sigar-java

Remove libhyperic-sigar-java Configurations and Data

To remove libhyperic-sigar-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhyperic-sigar-java

Remove libhyperic-sigar-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhyperic-sigar-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhyperic-sigar-java

Dependencies

libhyperic-sigar-java have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libhyperic-sigar-java website

Summary

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