How To Install xdu on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xdu on Kali Linux. xdu is display the output of du in an X window

Introduction

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

What is xdu

xdu is:

XDU is a program for displaying a graphical tree of disk space utilization as reported by the UNIX utility “du”. You can navigate up and down in the tree, sort things, and print out information.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xdu

Install xdu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xdu

Install xdu 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 xdu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xdu

How To Uninstall xdu on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xdu

Uninstall xdu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xdu

Remove xdu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xdu

Remove xdu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xdu

Dependencies

xdu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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