How To Install spray on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is spray

spray is:

This package contains a Password Spraying tool for Active Directory Credentials. The script will password spray a target over a period of time. It requires password policy as input so accounts are not locked out.

The package also provides a series of hand crafted password files for multiple languages. These have been crafted from the most common active directory passwords in various languages and all fit in the complex (1 Upper, 1 lower, 1 digit) category.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spray

Install spray Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spray

Install spray 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 spray using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spray

How To Uninstall spray on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove spray

Uninstall spray And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spray

Remove spray Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge spray

Remove spray configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spray

Dependencies

spray have the following dependencies:

• curl
• smbclient

References

• spray website

Summary

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