How To Install numactl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is numactl

numactl is:

numactl runs processes with a specific NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Architecture) scheduling or memory placement policy. In addition it can set persistent policy for shared memory segments or files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install numactl

Install numactl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install numactl

Install numactl 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 numactl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install numactl

How To Uninstall numactl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove numactl

Uninstall numactl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove numactl

Remove numactl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge numactl

Remove numactl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge numactl

Dependencies

numactl have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libnuma1

References

• numactl website

Summary

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