How To Install wmsysmon on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is wmsysmon

wmsysmon is:

wmsysmon is a dockable application for Window Maker (and possibly AfterStep). It monitors system information on interrupt activity, memory use, swap use, and IO.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wmsysmon

Install wmsysmon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wmsysmon

Install wmsysmon 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 wmsysmon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wmsysmon

How To Uninstall wmsysmon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove wmsysmon

Uninstall wmsysmon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmsysmon

Remove wmsysmon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge wmsysmon

Remove wmsysmon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmsysmon

Dependencies

wmsysmon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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