How To Install pagein on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pagein

pagein is:

pagein will attempt to swap in pages that are currently swapped out to make the pages resident in memory. It is mainly useful for testing the VM subsystem.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pagein

Install pagein Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pagein

Install pagein 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 pagein using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pagein

How To Uninstall pagein on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pagein

Uninstall pagein And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pagein

Remove pagein Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pagein

Remove pagein configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pagein

Dependencies

pagein have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• pagein website

Summary

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