How To Install yacpi on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is yacpi

yacpi is:

yacpi (yet another configuration and power interface) is an ncurses based ACPI monitoring program for notebooks. There is also a text-only output so it is possible to include it in scripts. It displays various ACPI information like battery status, temperature, charging circuits and AC status. Additionally it displays CPU governor and current frequency.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yacpi

Install yacpi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yacpi

Install yacpi 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 yacpi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yacpi

How To Uninstall yacpi on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove yacpi

Uninstall yacpi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yacpi

Remove yacpi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yacpi

Remove yacpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yacpi

Dependencies

yacpi have the following dependencies:

• libacpi0
• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• yacpi website

Summary

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