How To Install process-viewer on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install process-viewer on Kali Linux.
What is process-viewer
process-viewer is:
Process viewer provides current status of your processes (cpu and memory usage) and your system (usage of every core and of your RAM, and the temperature of your components if this information is available).
This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “process_viewer”:
- process_viewer
There are three methods to install process-viewer 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 process-viewer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install process-viewer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install process-viewerInstall process-viewer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install process-viewer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install process-viewerInstall process-viewer 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 process-viewer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install process-viewerHow To Uninstall process-viewer on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the process-viewer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove process-viewerUninstall process-viewer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall process-viewer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove process-viewerRemove process-viewer Configurations and Data
To remove process-viewer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge process-viewerRemove process-viewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove process-viewer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge process-viewerDependencies
process-viewer have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install process-viewer package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.