How To Install xrestop on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xrestop

xrestop is:

xrestop uses the X-Resource extension to provide top(1)-like statistics for each connected X11 client’s server-side resource usage. It is intended as a developer tool to aid more efficient server resource usage and debug server-side resource leakage.

xrestop requires the X-Resource extension, supported by XFree86 4.3 and above, and by the freedesktop.org X server.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xrestop

Install xrestop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xrestop

Install xrestop 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 xrestop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xrestop

How To Uninstall xrestop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xrestop

Uninstall xrestop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xrestop

Remove xrestop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xrestop

Remove xrestop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xrestop

Dependencies

xrestop have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6
• libx11-6
• libxres1

References

• xrestop website

Summary

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