How To Install impacket-scripts on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install impacket-scripts on Kali Linux.
What is impacket-scripts
impacket-scripts is:
This package contains links to useful impacket scripts. It’s a separate package to keep impacket package from Debian and have the useful scripts in the path for Kali.
There are three methods to install impacket-scripts 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 impacket-scripts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install impacket-scripts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install impacket-scriptsInstall impacket-scripts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install impacket-scripts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install impacket-scriptsInstall impacket-scripts 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 impacket-scripts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install impacket-scriptsHow To Uninstall impacket-scripts on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the impacket-scripts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove impacket-scriptsUninstall impacket-scripts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall impacket-scripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove impacket-scriptsRemove impacket-scripts Configurations and Data
To remove impacket-scripts configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge impacket-scriptsRemove impacket-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove impacket-scripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge impacket-scriptsDependencies
impacket-scripts have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install impacket-scripts package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
