How To Install nvtop on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nvtop on Kali Linux. nvtop is Interactive NVIDIA GPU process monitor

Introduction

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

What is nvtop

nvtop is:

Nvtop is a ncurses-based GPU monitoring interface which provides information on the GPU states (GPU and memory utilization, temperature, etc) and well as information about the processes executing on the GPUs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nvtop

Install nvtop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nvtop

Install nvtop 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 nvtop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nvtop

How To Uninstall nvtop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nvtop

Uninstall nvtop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvtop

Remove nvtop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nvtop

Remove nvtop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvtop

Dependencies

nvtop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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