How To Install tcpstat on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tcpstat

tcpstat is:

tcpstat reports certain network interface statistics much like vmstat does for system statistics. tcpstat gets its information by either monitoring a specific interface, or by reading previously saved tcpdump data from a file.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tcpstat

Install tcpstat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tcpstat

Install tcpstat 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 tcpstat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcpstat

How To Uninstall tcpstat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tcpstat

Uninstall tcpstat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpstat

Remove tcpstat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tcpstat

Remove tcpstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpstat

Dependencies

tcpstat have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdb5.3
• libpcap0.8

References

• tcpstat website

Summary

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