How To Install systune on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is systune

systune is:

This program writes kernel parameters, previously saved in a configuration file, to the /proc filesystem. This enables kernel performance to be adjusted without recompiling the kernel.

systune can be alternative to sysctl(8). It is also started after the most daemons and other init.d scripts, so it can be used as “second stage” sysctl.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install systune

Install systune Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install systune

Install systune 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 systune using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install systune

How To Uninstall systune on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove systune

Uninstall systune And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove systune

Remove systune Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge systune

Remove systune configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systune

Dependencies

systune have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• lsb-base

References

• systune website

Summary

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