How to Install and Uninstall htop Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: November 05,2024

1. Install "htop" package

This guide let you learn how to install htop on Kali Linux


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall htop on Kali Linux:


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

Package: htop
Version: 3.3.0-4
Installed-Size: 406
Maintainer: Daniel Lange
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Suggests: lm-sensors, lsof, strace
Size: 162724
SHA256: 49f6896684f9a2aa1c98fcbb983468b981fac57aff4369541d63c358f54b3ef0
SHA1: 9ff1de3961938def1e80843aa8778461b00d1304
MD5sum: e455c9616d5b72dd830d9fe50213c9ac
Description: interactive processes viewer
Htop is an ncursed-based process viewer similar to top, but it
allows one to scroll the list vertically and horizontally to see
all processes and their full command lines.
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Tasks related to processes (killing, renicing) can be done without
entering their PIDs.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://htop.dev/
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, use::monitor,
works-with::software:running
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/htop/htop_3.3.0-4_amd64.deb