How To Install thermald on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install thermald on Kali Linux. thermald is Thermal monitoring and controlling daemon

Introduction

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

What is thermald

thermald is:

Thermal Daemon is a Linux daemon for monitoring and controlling platform temperatures. Once the system temperature reaches a certain threshold, the Linux daemon activates various cooling methods to try to cool the system.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install thermald

Install thermald Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install thermald

Install thermald 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 thermald using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install thermald

How To Uninstall thermald on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove thermald

Uninstall thermald And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove thermald

Remove thermald Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge thermald

Remove thermald configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thermald

Dependencies

thermald have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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