How To Install libpcp-logsummary-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libpcp-logsummary-perl

libpcp-logsummary-perl is:

The PCP::LogSummary module provides a Perl module for using the statistical summary data produced by the Performance Co-Pilot pmlogsummary utility. This utility produces various averages, minima, maxima, and other calculations based on the performance data stored in a PCP archive. The Perl interface is ideal for exporting this data into third-party tools (e.g. spreadsheets).

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-logsummary-perl 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-logsummary-perl 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-logsummary-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpcp-logsummary-perl

Install libpcp-logsummary-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpcp-logsummary-perl

Install libpcp-logsummary-perl 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-logsummary-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpcp-logsummary-perl

How To Uninstall libpcp-logsummary-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpcp-logsummary-perl

Uninstall libpcp-logsummary-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcp-logsummary-perl

Remove libpcp-logsummary-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpcp-logsummary-perl

Remove libpcp-logsummary-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcp-logsummary-perl

Dependencies

libpcp-logsummary-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libpcp-logsummary-perl website

Summary

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