How To Install bettercap on Fedora 34

bettercap is Tool for 802.11, BLE and Ethernet reconnaissance and MITM attacks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bettercap on Fedora 34.

What is bettercap

The Swiss Army knife for 802.11, BLE and Ethernet networks reconnaissance and MITM attacks.

We can use yum or dnf to install bettercap on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bettercap.

Install bettercap on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install bettercap

Install bettercap on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install bettercap

How To Uninstall bettercap on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove bettercap

bettercap Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/bettercap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/2d67203ab7752e19992f8d57161caf2705aad6
/usr/share/doc/bettercap
/usr/share/doc/bettercap/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
/usr/share/doc/bettercap/README.md
/usr/share/doc/bettercap/changelog.sh
/usr/share/licenses/bettercap
/usr/share/licenses/bettercap/LICENSE.md

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bettercap on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.