How To Install xsysinfo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xsysinfo

xsysinfo is:

This X client is like a mix of top, free and xload with the difference that the values are shown in form of a horizontal bar. The displayed values are: CPU load, CPU idle, memory and swap sizes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xsysinfo

Install xsysinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xsysinfo

Install xsysinfo 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 xsysinfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xsysinfo

How To Uninstall xsysinfo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xsysinfo

Uninstall xsysinfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xsysinfo

Remove xsysinfo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xsysinfo

Remove xsysinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xsysinfo

Dependencies

xsysinfo have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libice6

References

• xsysinfo website

Summary

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