How To Install pcp-testsuite on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-testsuite on Kali Linux.
What is pcp-testsuite
pcp-testsuite is:
Quality assurance test suite for Performance Co-Pilot (PCP).
Provides a series of tests that exercise the many utilities and daemon processes that form the PCP toolkit. Regular users should never have any need to install this package, it is for developers and testers only.
There are three methods to install pcp-testsuite 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-testsuite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pcp-testsuite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pcp-testsuiteInstall pcp-testsuite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pcp-testsuite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pcp-testsuiteInstall pcp-testsuite 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install pcp-testsuite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pcp-testsuiteHow To Uninstall pcp-testsuite on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pcp-testsuite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pcp-testsuiteUninstall pcp-testsuite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pcp-testsuite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcp-testsuiteRemove pcp-testsuite Configurations and Data
To remove pcp-testsuite configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pcp-testsuiteRemove pcp-testsuite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pcp-testsuite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcp-testsuiteDependencies
pcp-testsuite have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-testsuite package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.