How To Install sysstat on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install sysstat on Kali Linux. sysstat is system performance tools for Linux

Introduction

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

What is sysstat

sysstat is:

The sysstat package contains the following system performance tools:

  • sar: collects and reports system activity information;
  • iostat: reports CPU utilization and disk I/O statistics;
  • tapestat: reports statistics for tapes connected to the system;
  • mpstat: reports global and per-processor statistics;
  • pidstat: reports statistics for Linux tasks (processes);
  • sadf: displays data collected by sar in various formats;
  • cifsiostat: reports I/O statistics for CIFS filesystems.

The statistics reported by sar deal with I/O transfer rates, paging activity, process-related activities, interrupts, network activity, memory and swap space utilization, CPU utilization, kernel activities and TTY statistics, among others. Both UP and SMP machines are fully supported.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sysstat

Install sysstat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sysstat

Install sysstat 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 sysstat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sysstat

How To Uninstall sysstat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sysstat

Uninstall sysstat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sysstat

Remove sysstat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sysstat

Remove sysstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sysstat

Dependencies

sysstat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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