How To Install ptunnel on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ptunnel on Kali Linux.

What is ptunnel

ptunnel is:

ptunnel is an application that allows you to reliably tunnel TCP connections to a remote host using ICMP echo request and reply packets, commonly known as ping requests and replies. It acts as a proxy and can handle sockets and secured identification.

Those features can be very handy when working in a closed networking environment with firewalls and proxies.

There are three methods to install ptunnel 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 ptunnel Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ptunnel using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ptunnel

Install ptunnel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ptunnel using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ptunnel

Install ptunnel 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 ptunnel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ptunnel

How To Uninstall ptunnel on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ptunnel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ptunnel

Uninstall ptunnel And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ptunnel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ptunnel

Remove ptunnel Configurations and Data

To remove ptunnel configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ptunnel

Remove ptunnel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ptunnel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ptunnel

Dependencies

ptunnel have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcap0.8
• libselinux1
• lsb-base

References

• ptunnel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ptunnel package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.