How To Install dradis on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dradis on Kali Linux. dradis is Collaboration tools for penetration testing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dradis on Kali Linux.

What is dradis

dradis is:

Dradis is a tool to help in the process of penetration testing. Penetration testing is about information:

  1. Information discovery
  2. Exploit useful information
  3. Report the findings

But penetration testing is also about sharing the information you and your teammates gather. Not sharing the information available in an effective way will result in exploitation oportunities lost and the overlapping of efforts.

There are three methods to install dradis 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 dradis Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dradis using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dradis

Install dradis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dradis using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dradis

Install dradis 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install dradis using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dradis

How To Uninstall dradis on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dradis package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dradis

Uninstall dradis And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dradis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dradis

Remove dradis Configurations and Data

To remove dradis configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dradis

Remove dradis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dradis configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dradis

Dependencies

dradis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dradis package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.