How To Install libpcp-gui2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp-gui2 on Kali Linux.

What is libpcp-gui2

libpcp-gui2 is:

The libpcp-gui package contains the runtime environment required by any monitoring tool that makes use of the time control services of pmtime(1).

The Performance Co-Pilot provides a unifying abstraction for all of the interesting performance data in a system, and allows client applications to easily retrieve and process any subset of that data.

There are three methods to install libpcp-gui2 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 libpcp-gui2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcp-gui2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpcp-gui2

Install libpcp-gui2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcp-gui2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpcp-gui2

Install libpcp-gui2 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 libpcp-gui2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpcp-gui2

How To Uninstall libpcp-gui2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpcp-gui2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpcp-gui2

Uninstall libpcp-gui2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpcp-gui2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcp-gui2

Remove libpcp-gui2 Configurations and Data

To remove libpcp-gui2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpcp-gui2

Remove libpcp-gui2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpcp-gui2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcp-gui2

Dependencies

libpcp-gui2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcp3

References

• libpcp-gui2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp-gui2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.