How To Install memstat on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is memstat

memstat is:

Lists all the processes, executables, and shared libraries that are using up virtual memory. It’s helpful to see how the shared memory is used and which ‘old’ libs are loaded.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install memstat

Install memstat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install memstat

Install memstat 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 memstat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install memstat

How To Uninstall memstat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove memstat

Uninstall memstat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove memstat

Remove memstat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge memstat

Remove memstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge memstat

Dependencies

memstat have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• memstat website

Summary

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