How To Install ps-watcher on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ps-watcher on Kali Linux.

What is ps-watcher

ps-watcher is:

This program runs the ps command periodically and triggers commands on matches. The match patterns are Perl regular expressions which can refer to the process information via variables.

For example it can be used to ensure that a daemon is running, or is not running too many times. It can also be used to determine when a process has consumed too many resources, perhaps due to a memory leak.

There are three methods to install ps-watcher 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 ps-watcher Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ps-watcher

Install ps-watcher Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ps-watcher

Install ps-watcher 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 ps-watcher using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ps-watcher

How To Uninstall ps-watcher on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ps-watcher package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ps-watcher

Uninstall ps-watcher And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ps-watcher

Remove ps-watcher Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ps-watcher

Remove ps-watcher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ps-watcher

Dependencies

ps-watcher have the following dependencies:

• libconfig-inifiles-perl
• lsb-base
• procps
• perl

References

• ps-watcher website

Summary

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