How To Install wmmon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wmmon on Kali Linux. wmmon is Window Maker dockapp for monitoring system information

Introduction

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

What is wmmon

wmmon is:

WMMon monitors the realtime CPU load as well as the average system load, and gives you some nice additional features too. It is intended for docking in Window Maker.

It currently provides:

  • a realtime CPU stress meter;
  • an auto-scaled average system load meter, like xload and wmavgload;
  • a realtime disk I/O stress meter;
  • auto-scaled disk I/O load meter;
  • realtime memory and swap usage meters;
  • a display for system uptime;
  • three user-defined commands to launch.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmmon

Install wmmon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmmon

Install wmmon 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 wmmon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmmon

How To Uninstall wmmon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmmon

Uninstall wmmon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmmon

Remove wmmon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmmon

Remove wmmon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmmon

Dependencies

wmmon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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