How To Install wmmisc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmmisc on Kali Linux. wmmisc is dockapp that monitors your system

Introduction

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

What is wmmisc

wmmisc is:

wmmisc is a simple dockapp that monitors the following: the amount of users logged in, the total number of processes, the number of running (or ‘alive’) processes, the total number of forks and the system load average.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmmisc

Install wmmisc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmmisc

Install wmmisc 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 wmmisc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmmisc

How To Uninstall wmmisc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmmisc

Uninstall wmmisc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmmisc

Remove wmmisc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmmisc

Remove wmmisc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmmisc

Dependencies

wmmisc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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