How To Install mate-system-monitor on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-system-monitor on Kali Linux.
What is mate-system-monitor
mate-system-monitor is:
MATE system monitor allows you to graphically view and manipulate the running processes on your system. It also provides an overview of available resources such as CPU and memory.
There are three methods to install mate-system-monitor 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 mate-system-monitor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mate-system-monitor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-system-monitorInstall mate-system-monitor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mate-system-monitor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-system-monitorInstall mate-system-monitor 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mate-system-monitor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-system-monitorHow To Uninstall mate-system-monitor on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mate-system-monitor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-system-monitorUninstall mate-system-monitor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-system-monitor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-system-monitorRemove mate-system-monitor Configurations and Data
To remove mate-system-monitor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-system-monitorRemove mate-system-monitor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-system-monitor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-system-monitorDependencies
mate-system-monitor have the following dependencies:
- mate-system-monitor-common
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libgcc-s1
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libglibmm-2.4-1v5
- libgtk-3-0
- libgtkmm-3.0-1v5
- libgtop-2.0-11
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- librsvg2-2
- libsigc++-2.0-0v5
- libstdc++6
- libsystemd0
- libwnck-3-0
- libxml2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-system-monitor package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.