How To Install stenographer-client on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install stenographer-client on Kali Linux. stenographer-client is full-packet-capture utility – clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stenographer-client on Kali Linux.

What is stenographer-client

stenographer-client is:

Stenographer is a full-packet-capture utility for buffering packets to disk for intrusion detection and incident response purposes. It provides a high-performance implementation of NIC-to-disk packet writing, handles deleting those files as disk fills up, and provides methods for reading back specific sets of packets quickly and easily.

This package contains a HTTP-based client.

There are three methods to install stenographer-client 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 stenographer-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install stenographer-client

Install stenographer-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install stenographer-client

Install stenographer-client 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 stenographer-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stenographer-client

How To Uninstall stenographer-client on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the stenographer-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove stenographer-client

Uninstall stenographer-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stenographer-client

Remove stenographer-client Configurations and Data

To remove stenographer-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge stenographer-client

Remove stenographer-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stenographer-client

Dependencies

stenographer-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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