How To Install topplot on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is topplot

topplot is:

topplot produces graphs of information it munges from top logs. It can select which processes to focus on, and it can split out information by cpu core (if top was configured to record the cpu core column, and/or display the cpu summary info by core). topplot can save the graphs as PNG files. It can also print information derived from the logs to stdout, with or without emitting the graphs. There may be better, more efficient ways of collecting live system information, but if for some reason you’ve hundreds of thousands of lines of top logs and you want to see what’s in them, topplot can help.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install topplot

Install topplot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install topplot

Install topplot 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 topplot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install topplot

How To Uninstall topplot on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove topplot

Uninstall topplot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove topplot

Remove topplot Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge topplot

Remove topplot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge topplot

Dependencies

topplot have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• topplot website

Summary

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