How To Install plasma-disks on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-disks on Kali Linux. plasma-disks is Monitor S.M.A.R.T. capable devices for imminent failure in Plasma

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-disks on Kali Linux.

What is plasma-disks

plasma-disks is:

This package provides a plugin for the KDE user daemon and the corresponding Plasma configuration widget for monitoring devices with S.M.A.R.T. support and alerting the user in case of imminent failure.

There are three methods to install plasma-disks 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 plasma-disks Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plasma-disks

Install plasma-disks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plasma-disks

Install plasma-disks 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 plasma-disks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plasma-disks

How To Uninstall plasma-disks on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the plasma-disks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plasma-disks

Uninstall plasma-disks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-disks

Remove plasma-disks Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-disks

Remove plasma-disks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-disks

Dependencies

plasma-disks have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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