How To Install kmon on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmon on Ubuntu.
What is kmon
kmon is:
kmon is an interactive kernel monitor for the terminal. It can insepct and load kernel modules, and it can monitor kernel activity. It basically combines dmesg and kmod into one application. Note that is probably needs to run as root.
There are three methods to install kmon on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kmon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kmon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kmon
Install kmon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kmon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kmon
Install kmon Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kmon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kmon
How To Uninstall kmon on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the kmon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kmon
Uninstall kmon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kmon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kmon
Remove kmon Configurations and Data
To remove kmon configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kmon
Remove kmon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kmon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kmon
Dependencies
kmon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kmon package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.