How To Install pslist on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pslist

pslist is:

pslist is a simple utility to list the process IDs (PIDs) of a process and all its children, and its children’s children, and so on. If invoked with a command name which ends in ‘kill’, it sends a signal to a selected group of processes. If invoked with a command name which ends in ‘renice’, it sets the nice level of the selected group of processes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pslist

Install pslist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pslist

Install pslist 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 pslist using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pslist

How To Uninstall pslist on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pslist

Uninstall pslist And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pslist

Remove pslist Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pslist

Remove pslist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pslist

Dependencies

pslist have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• pslist website

Summary

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