How To Install procserv on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install procserv
on Kali Linux.
What is procserv
procserv is:
procServ is a wrapper that starts an arbitrary command as a child process in the background, connecting its standard input and output to a TCP port for telnet access. It supports logging, child restart (manual or automatic on exit), and more.
procServ does not have the rich feature set of the screen utility, but is intended to provide running a command in a system service style, in a small, robust way. Handling multiple users, authorization, authentication, central logging is done best on a higher level, using a package like conserver.
For security reasons, procServ only accepts connections from localhost.
There are three methods to install procserv
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 procserv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install procserv
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install procserv
Install procserv Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install procserv
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install procserv
Install procserv 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 procserv
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install procserv
How To Uninstall procserv on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the procserv
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove procserv
Uninstall procserv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall procserv
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove procserv
Remove procserv Configurations and Data
To remove procserv
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge procserv
Remove procserv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove procserv
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge procserv
Dependencies
procserv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install procserv
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.