How To Install wad on CentOS 8

wad is Tool for detecting technologies used by web applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wad on CentOS 8.

What is wad

WAD lets you analyze given URL(s) and detect technologies used by web application behind that URL, from the OS and web server level, to the programming platform and frameworks, as well as server- and client-side applications, tools and libraries.

We can use yum or dnf to install wad on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wad.

Install wad on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install wad using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wad

Install wad on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install wad using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wad

How To Uninstall wad on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove wad

wad Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/wad
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad-0.4.5-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad-0.4.5-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad-0.4.5-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad-0.4.5-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad-0.4.5-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad-0.4.5-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/clues.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/clues.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/detection.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/detection.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/group.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/group.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/output.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/output.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/tools.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/__pycache__/tools.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/clues.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/detection.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/etc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/etc/README-wappalyzer.md
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/etc/apps.json
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/etc/apps.json.other
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/group.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/output.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__/test_clues.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__/test_clues.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__/test_detection.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__/test_detection.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__/test_group.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__/test_group.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__/test_output.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/__pycache__/test_output.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/data
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/data/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/data/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/data/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/data/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/data/__pycache__/data_test_wad.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/data/__pycache__/data_test_wad.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/data/data_test_wad.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/test_clues.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/test_detection.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/test_group.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tests/test_output.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wad/tools.py
/usr/share/doc/wad
/usr/share/doc/wad/README-wappalyzer.md
/usr/share/doc/wad/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/wad
/usr/share/licenses/wad/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wad on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.