How To Install libpcp3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp3 on Kali Linux.

What is libpcp3

libpcp3 is:

The libpcp package contains the runtime environment required by programs that make use of Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) services.

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 libpcp3 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 libpcp3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcp3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpcp3

Install libpcp3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpcp3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpcp3

Install libpcp3 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 libpcp3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpcp3

How To Uninstall libpcp3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpcp3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpcp3

Uninstall libpcp3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpcp3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpcp3

Remove libpcp3 Configurations and Data

To remove libpcp3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpcp3

Remove libpcp3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpcp3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpcp3

Dependencies

libpcp3 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• liblzma5
• libnspr4

References

• libpcp3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpcp3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.