How To Install phpsysinfo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is phpsysinfo

phpsysinfo is:

phpSysInfo is a PHP script that displays information about the host being accessed.

It displays information on the system like kernel version, uptime, network, disk and memory usage, information on CPU and model, attached IDE and SCSI devices and PCI cards and lm-sensors output on architectures supporting it.

It has support for multiple languages and themes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phpsysinfo

Install phpsysinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phpsysinfo

Install phpsysinfo 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 phpsysinfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phpsysinfo

How To Uninstall phpsysinfo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove phpsysinfo

Uninstall phpsysinfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpsysinfo

Remove phpsysinfo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge phpsysinfo

Remove phpsysinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpsysinfo

Dependencies

phpsysinfo have the following dependencies:

• apache2
• php
• php-xml
• libjs-jquery

References

• phpsysinfo website

Summary

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