How To Install libpfm4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpfm4 on Kali Linux.

What is libpfm4

libpfm4 is:

Libpfm4 helps convert from an event name, expressed as a string, to the event encoding. The encoding can then be used with specific OS interfaces. Libpfm4 also provides OS-specific interfaces to directly setup OS-specific data structures to be passed to the kernel. The current libpfm4, for instance, provides support for the perf_events interface which was introduced in Linux v2.6.31.

This package provides the shared library.

There are three methods to install libpfm4 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 libpfm4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpfm4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpfm4

Install libpfm4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpfm4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpfm4

Install libpfm4 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 libpfm4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpfm4

How To Uninstall libpfm4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpfm4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpfm4

Uninstall libpfm4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpfm4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpfm4

Remove libpfm4 Configurations and Data

To remove libpfm4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpfm4

Remove libpfm4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpfm4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpfm4

Dependencies

libpfm4 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libpfm4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpfm4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.