How To Install libpowercap0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpowercap0 on Kali Linux.

What is libpowercap0

libpowercap0 is:

This library provides methods to access the Linux kernel powercap interface. It exposes functions for direct access to sysfs files, as well as an abstraction to discover and operate on Intel RAPL power zones.

There are three methods to install libpowercap0 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 libpowercap0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpowercap0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpowercap0

Install libpowercap0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpowercap0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpowercap0

Install libpowercap0 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 libpowercap0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpowercap0

How To Uninstall libpowercap0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpowercap0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpowercap0

Uninstall libpowercap0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpowercap0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpowercap0

Remove libpowercap0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpowercap0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpowercap0

Remove libpowercap0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpowercap0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpowercap0

Dependencies

libpowercap0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libpowercap0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpowercap0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.