How To Install pipemeter on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pipemeter

pipemeter is:

pipemeter can be inserted in a shell command between two programs passing data via pipe, or between a file and a program reading from stdin, and show the speed and amount of data that has passed through. If reading from a regular file, or passed a size, a progress meter is also shown.

Command line switches allow tuning of block size and display interval. Size parameters have support for dd style block size specification.

Pipemeter is intended to be very lightweight, with no dependencies.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pipemeter

Install pipemeter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pipemeter

Install pipemeter 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 pipemeter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pipemeter

How To Uninstall pipemeter on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pipemeter

Uninstall pipemeter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pipemeter

Remove pipemeter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pipemeter

Remove pipemeter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pipemeter

Dependencies

pipemeter have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• pipemeter website

Summary

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