How To Install webext-privacy-badger on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install webext-privacy-badger on Kali Linux.

What is webext-privacy-badger

webext-privacy-badger is:

Instead of keeping lists of what to block, Privacy Badger learns by watching which domains appear to be tracking you as you browse the Web. Privacy Badger sends the Do Not Track signal with your browsing. If trackers ignore your wishes, your Badger will learn to block them. Privacy Badger starts blocking once it sees the same tracker on three different websites. Besides automatic tracker blocking, Privacy Badger removes outgoing link click tracking on Facebook, Google and Twitter, with more privacy protections on the way. To learn more, see the FAQ on Privacy Badger’s homepage.

There are three methods to install webext-privacy-badger 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 webext-privacy-badger Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install webext-privacy-badger

Install webext-privacy-badger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install webext-privacy-badger using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install webext-privacy-badger

Install webext-privacy-badger 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 webext-privacy-badger using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install webext-privacy-badger

How To Uninstall webext-privacy-badger on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the webext-privacy-badger package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove webext-privacy-badger

Uninstall webext-privacy-badger And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove webext-privacy-badger

Remove webext-privacy-badger Configurations and Data

To remove webext-privacy-badger configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge webext-privacy-badger

Remove webext-privacy-badger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove webext-privacy-badger configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webext-privacy-badger

Dependencies

webext-privacy-badger have the following dependencies:

• fonts-open-sans

References

• webext-privacy-badger website

Summary

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