How To Install linux-cpupower on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-cpupower on Kali Linux.

What is linux-cpupower

linux-cpupower is:

The cpupower command allows inspection and control of cpufreq and cpuidle tunables for hardware that supports these features. It replaces “cpufreq-info” and “cpufreq-set” in cpufrequtils.

The turbostat command reports topology, frequency, idle power-state statistics, temperature and power consumption information as provided by the CPU.

The x86_energy_perf_policy command sets a general policy on some Intel CPU models for the relative importance of performance versus energy savings.

There are three methods to install linux-cpupower 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 linux-cpupower Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install linux-cpupower

Install linux-cpupower Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install linux-cpupower

Install linux-cpupower 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 linux-cpupower using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linux-cpupower

How To Uninstall linux-cpupower on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the linux-cpupower package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linux-cpupower

Uninstall linux-cpupower And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-cpupower

Remove linux-cpupower Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge linux-cpupower

Remove linux-cpupower configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-cpupower

Dependencies

linux-cpupower have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcap2

References

• linux-cpupower website

Summary

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