How To Install libpcp-mmv1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp-mmv1 on Kali Linux.

What is libpcp-mmv1

libpcp-mmv1 is:

The libpcp-mmv package contains the runtime environment required by an application that utilises Memory Mapped Value instrumentation to export runtime instrumentation into the Performance Co-Pilot infrastructure.

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-mmv1 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-mmv1 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-mmv1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpcp-mmv1

Install libpcp-mmv1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcp-mmv1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpcp-mmv1

Install libpcp-mmv1 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-mmv1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpcp-mmv1

How To Uninstall libpcp-mmv1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpcp-mmv1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpcp-mmv1

Uninstall libpcp-mmv1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpcp-mmv1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcp-mmv1

Remove libpcp-mmv1 Configurations and Data

To remove libpcp-mmv1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpcp-mmv1

Remove libpcp-mmv1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpcp-mmv1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcp-mmv1

Dependencies

libpcp-mmv1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcp3

References

• libpcp-mmv1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp-mmv1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.