Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfio on Kali Linux.
What is gfio
gfio is:
fio is a tool that will spawn a number of threads or processes doing a
particular type of I/O action as specified by the user. fio takes a
number of global parameters, each inherited by the thread unless
otherwise parameters given to them overriding that setting is given.
The typical use of fio is to write a job file matching the I/O load
one wants to simulate.
This package contains the GTK+ based gui frontend for fio. The package
fio contains the command line version of fio which acts as a backend
to the GUI frontend. The frontend can talk to a locally or remotely
running fio server.
There are three methods to install gfio on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gfio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gfio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfioInstall gfio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfioInstall gfio Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gfio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfio
How To Uninstall gfio on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gfio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfio
Uninstall gfio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfio
Remove gfio Configurations and Data
To remove gfio configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfio
Remove gfio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfio
Dependencies
gfio have the following dependencies:
- libaio1
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgfapi0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libibverbs1
- libnuma1
- libpmem1
- libpmemblk1
- librados2
- librbd1
- librdmacm1
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfio package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
