How To Install irqbalance on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install irqbalance on Kali Linux. irqbalance is Daemon to balance interrupts for SMP systems

Introduction

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

What is irqbalance

irqbalance is:

Daemon to balance interrupts across multiple CPUs, which can lead to better performance and IO balance on SMP systems. This package is especially useful on systems with multi-core processors, as interrupts will typically only be serviced by the first core.

Note: irqbalance is not useful if you don’t have more than one CPU core.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install irqbalance

Install irqbalance Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install irqbalance

Install irqbalance 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 irqbalance using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install irqbalance

How To Uninstall irqbalance on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove irqbalance

Uninstall irqbalance And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove irqbalance

Remove irqbalance Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge irqbalance

Remove irqbalance configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge irqbalance

Dependencies

irqbalance have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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