How To Install preload on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is preload

preload is:

preload monitors applications that users run, and by analyzing this data, predicts what applications users might run, and fetches those binaries and their dependencies into memory for faster startup times.

Note that installing preload will not make your system boot faster and that preload is a daemon that runs with root privileges.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install preload

Install preload Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install preload

Install preload 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 preload using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install preload

How To Uninstall preload on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove preload

Uninstall preload And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove preload

Remove preload Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge preload

Remove preload configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge preload

Dependencies

preload have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• lsb-base

References

• preload website

Summary

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