How To Install poppass-cgi on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install poppass-cgi
on Kali Linux.
What is poppass-cgi
poppass-cgi is:
poppass is a CGI script written to allow users to change their passwords through the web. It interacts with a poppassd server (see the poppassd Debian package) and does no changing itself. It can therefore be installed in an unprivileged way.
There are three methods to install poppass-cgi
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 poppass-cgi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install poppass-cgi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install poppass-cgi
Install poppass-cgi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install poppass-cgi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install poppass-cgi
Install poppass-cgi 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 poppass-cgi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install poppass-cgi
How To Uninstall poppass-cgi on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the poppass-cgi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove poppass-cgi
Uninstall poppass-cgi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall poppass-cgi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove poppass-cgi
Remove poppass-cgi Configurations and Data
To remove poppass-cgi
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge poppass-cgi
Remove poppass-cgi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove poppass-cgi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge poppass-cgi
Dependencies
poppass-cgi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install poppass-cgi
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.