How To Install pcp-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pcp-doc

pcp-doc is:

The pcp-doc package provides useful information on using and configuring the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) toolkit for system level performance management. It includes tutorials, HOWTOs, and other detailed documentation about the internals of core PCP utilities and daemons, and the PCP graphical tools.

There are three methods to install pcp-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pcp-doc

Install pcp-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pcp-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install pcp-doc

How To Uninstall pcp-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pcp-doc

Uninstall pcp-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcp-doc

Remove pcp-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pcp-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

pcp-doc have the following dependencies:

References

• pcp-doc website

Summary

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