How to Install and Uninstall vmtouch Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 28,2025

1. Install "vmtouch" package

Please follow the steps below to install vmtouch on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall vmtouch on Kali Linux:


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

Package: vmtouch
Version: 1.3.1-2
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Lucas Nussbaum
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), libc6 (>= 2.15)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Size: 23188
SHA256: badab9d3d35d5d4ce2fccb39d41067843f63a8b979aab8a7475830e5995bee2c
SHA1: 4324039cb73d95efa616dbb3bb739623f79e762d
MD5sum: 9bca4f832563784e1525ffe9403c7400
Description: Portable file system cache diagnostics and control
vmtouch is a tool for learning about and controlling the file system cache of
unix and unix-like systems. It can discover which files the OS is caching, tell
the OS to cache or evict some files or regions of files, lock files into memory
so the OS won't evict them, and more.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://hoytech.com/vmtouch/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vmtouch/vmtouch_1.3.1-2_amd64.deb