How To Install wmmemload on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is wmmemload

wmmemload is:

wmmemload displays the current memory and swap usage as a percentage value. It is based on wmcpuload and wmmemmon, and as such looks very nice alongside those.

wmmemload is designed to work with the WindowMaker dock, but will work with other window managers as well.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmmemload

Install wmmemload Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmmemload

Install wmmemload 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 wmmemload using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmmemload

How To Uninstall wmmemload on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmmemload

Uninstall wmmemload And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmmemload

Remove wmmemload Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmmemload

Remove wmmemload configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmmemload

Dependencies

wmmemload have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6
• libxext6
• libxpm4

References

• wmmemload website

Summary

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