How To Install trickle on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is trickle

trickle is:

Trickle is a voluntary, cooperative bandwidth shaper. it works entirely in userland and is very easy to use.

The most simple application is to limit the bandwidth usage of programs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install trickle

Install trickle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install trickle

Install trickle 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 trickle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install trickle

How To Uninstall trickle on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove trickle

Uninstall trickle And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trickle

Remove trickle Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge trickle

Remove trickle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trickle

Dependencies

trickle have the following dependencies:

• libbsd0
• libc6
• libevent-2.1-7

References

• trickle website

Summary

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