How To Install procinfo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is procinfo

procinfo is:

This package provides three small programs that gather system information from diverse files under /proc and /sys and print it to the screen:

• lsdev - information from /proc about installed hardware;
• procinfo - system monitoring statistics from /proc and /sys;
• socklist - a summary of open network sockets from /proc/net.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install procinfo

Install procinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install procinfo

Install procinfo 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 procinfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install procinfo

How To Uninstall procinfo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove procinfo

Uninstall procinfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove procinfo

Remove procinfo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge procinfo

Remove procinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge procinfo

Dependencies

procinfo have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libncurses6
• libstdc++6
• libtinfo6

References

• procinfo website

Summary

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