How To Install pcp-conf on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-conf on Kali Linux.

What is pcp-conf

pcp-conf is:

The pcp-conf package contains important runtime configuration files required by all programs and libraries that make up the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) toolkit.

The Performance Co-Pilot provides a unifying abstraction for all of the interesting performance data in a system, and allows client applications to easily retrieve and process any subset of that data.

There are three methods to install pcp-conf 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 pcp-conf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pcp-conf

Install pcp-conf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pcp-conf

Install pcp-conf 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 pcp-conf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pcp-conf

How To Uninstall pcp-conf on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pcp-conf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pcp-conf

Uninstall pcp-conf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcp-conf

Remove pcp-conf Configurations and Data

To remove pcp-conf configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pcp-conf

Remove pcp-conf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcp-conf

Dependencies

pcp-conf have the following dependencies:

References

• pcp-conf website

Summary

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