How To Install netselect on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netselect
on Kali Linux.
What is netselect
netselect is:
This package provides a utility that can perform parallelized tests on distant servers using either UDP traceroutes or ICMP queries.
It can process a (possibly very long) list of servers, and choose the fastest/closest one automatically.
There are three methods to install netselect
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 netselect Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netselect
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netselect
Install netselect Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netselect
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netselect
Install netselect 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 netselect
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netselect
How To Uninstall netselect on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the netselect
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netselect
Uninstall netselect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netselect
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netselect
Remove netselect Configurations and Data
To remove netselect
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netselect
Remove netselect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netselect
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netselect
Dependencies
netselect have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netselect
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.