How To Install mimikatz on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mimikatz
on Kali Linux.
What is mimikatz
mimikatz is:
Mimikatz uses admin rights on Windows to display passwords of currently logged in users in plaintext.
There are three methods to install mimikatz
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 mimikatz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mimikatz
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mimikatz
Install mimikatz Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mimikatz
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mimikatz
Install mimikatz 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 mimikatz
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mimikatz
How To Uninstall mimikatz on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mimikatz
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mimikatz
Uninstall mimikatz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mimikatz
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mimikatz
Remove mimikatz Configurations and Data
To remove mimikatz
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mimikatz
Remove mimikatz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mimikatz
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mimikatz
Dependencies
mimikatz have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mimikatz
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.