How To Install loadwatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is loadwatch

loadwatch is:

loadwatch forks a child process and only allows it to run when the system load meets user-defined parameters. It allows you to specify that a program should run only if the load is below a specified point, and will stop it when that point is reached. When the load falls below a second specified point, the program will be continued. The user can also specify the system load sampling period.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install loadwatch

Install loadwatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install loadwatch

Install loadwatch 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 loadwatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install loadwatch

How To Uninstall loadwatch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove loadwatch

Uninstall loadwatch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove loadwatch

Remove loadwatch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge loadwatch

Remove loadwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge loadwatch

Dependencies

loadwatch have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• loadwatch website

Summary

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