How To Install pcp on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pcp

pcp is:

Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) is a framework and services to support system-level performance monitoring and performance management.

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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pcp

Install pcp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pcp

Install pcp 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pcp

How To Uninstall pcp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pcp

Uninstall pcp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcp

Remove pcp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pcp

Remove pcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcp

Dependencies

pcp have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libncursesw6
• libpcp-gui2
• libpcp-import1
• libpcp-mmv1
• libpcp-pmda3
• libpcp-trace2
• libpcp-web1
• libpcp3
• libpfm4
• libreadline8
• libssl1.1
• libsystemd0
• libtinfo6
• libuv1
• gawk
• procps
• python3-pcp
• python3

References

• pcp website

Summary

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