How to Install and Uninstall cpucycles Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "cpucycles" package

Please follow the instructions below to install cpucycles on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cpucycles
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cpucycles" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall cpucycles on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cpucycles
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cpucycles package on Kali Linux

Package: cpucycles
Source: libcpucycles
Version: 0~20240114-1
Installed-Size: 25
Maintainer: Miguel Landaeta
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcpucycles1 (>= 0~20230115)
Size: 5216
SHA256: 653db620ff397b9be4ede303db9100ce8bfbbddbb3965569036dfaaa3d7d8c30
SHA1: 689b66445fac6259f3b431658e7bd9488b98bcbe
MD5sum: c6b4a7b1b32a8ef12e80c5052242c366
Description: command-line tool for counting CPU cycles (libcpucycles)
libcpucycles provides a simple API to access hardware precise timers
to understand and improve software performance.
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libcpucycles understands machine-level cycle counters for most architectures.
libcpucycles also understands common OS-level mechanisms, which give varying
levels of accuracy.
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This package contains the cpucycles-info command-line tool.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://cpucycles.cr.yp.to/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcpucycles/cpucycles_0~20240114-1_amd64.deb