How To Install tuned on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuned on Kali Linux. tuned is daemon for monitoring and adaptive tuning of system devices

Introduction

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

What is tuned

tuned is:

The tuned package contains a daemon that tunes system settings dynamically. It does so by monitoring the usage of several system components periodically. Based on that information components will then be put into lower or higher power saving modes to adapt to the current usage. Currently only ethernet network and ATA harddisk devices are implemented.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tuned

Install tuned Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tuned

Install tuned 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 tuned using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tuned

How To Uninstall tuned on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tuned

Uninstall tuned And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuned

Remove tuned Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tuned

Remove tuned configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tuned

Dependencies

tuned have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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