How to Install and Uninstall procps Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "procps" package

Please follow the guidance below to install procps on Kali Linux


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall procps on Kali Linux:


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

Package: procps
Version: 2:4.0.4-4
Installed-Size: 2389
Maintainer: Craig Small
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20151231+nmu1), manpages-pl (<< 1:4.9.1-2)
Provides: watch
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libproc2-0 (>= 2:4.0.4), libsystemd0 (>= 254), libtinfo6 (>= 6), init-system-helpers (>= 1.29~)
Recommends: psmisc
Breaks: guymager (<= 0.5.9-1), manpages-de (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr (<< 4.9.1-2), manpages-fr-extra (<< 20151231+nmu1), manpages-pl (<< 1:4.9.1-2), open-vm-tools (<= 2011.12.20-562307-1)
Size: 880360
SHA256: 5d40e97ea2a8c653c8c8df57998945de01ff61e22a8e3af8d19bef11ff324c46
SHA1: a639c450a7c76b0e5717d0c6f1ff7941fb7e4796
MD5sum: 847987d1e3afd90f3534f79c9c9027e8
Description: /proc file system utilities
This package provides command line and full screen utilities for browsing
procfs, a "pseudo" file system dynamically generated by the kernel to
provide information about the status of entries in its process table
(such as whether the process is running, stopped, or a "zombie").
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It contains free, kill, pkill, pgrep, pmap, ps, pwdx, skill, slabtop,
snice, sysctl, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, and watch.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps
Tag: admin::monitoring, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::utility,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::checking, use::monitor,
works-with::software:running
Section: admin
Priority: important
Filename: pool/main/p/procps/procps_4.0.4-4_amd64.deb