How To Install kismet on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kismet in Fedora 36. kismet is WLAN detector, sniffer and IDS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kismet on Fedora 36.

What is `kismet`

Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. Kismet identifies networks by passively collecting packets and detecting standard named networks, detecting (and given time, decloaking) hidden networks, and infering the presence of nonbeaconing networks via data traffic.

We can use yum or dnf to install kismet on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kismet.

Install kismet on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install kismet

Install kismet on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install kismet

How To Uninstall kismet on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove kismet

kismet Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/kismet
/etc/kismet/kismet.conf
/etc/kismet/kismet_80211.conf
/etc/kismet/kismet_alerts.conf
/etc/kismet/kismet_filter.conf
/etc/kismet/kismet_httpd.conf
/etc/kismet/kismet_logging.conf
/etc/kismet/kismet_memory.conf
/etc/kismet/kismet_uav.conf
/etc/kismet/kismet_wardrive.conf
/usr/bin/kismet
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_kismetdb
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_linux_bluetooth
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_linux_wifi
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_nrf_51822
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_nrf_52840
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_nrf_mousejack
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_nxp_kw41z
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_pcapfile
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_rz_killerbee
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_ti_cc_2531
/usr/bin/kismet_cap_ti_cc_2540
/usr/bin/kismet_discovery
/usr/bin/kismet_server
/usr/bin/kismetdb_clean
/usr/bin/kismetdb_dump_devices
/usr/bin/kismetdb_statistics
/usr/bin/kismetdb_strip_packets
/usr/bin/kismetdb_to_gpx
/usr/bin/kismetdb_to_kml
/usr/bin/kismetdb_to_pcap
/usr/bin/kismetdb_to_wiglecsv
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/c746940f225930160002d8cbd68cad4effb45d
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/ab72039ca74d06dbe2b56085e3f6d46f7b7a14
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/ebaf5cd0f5ed02a808d4195b2156b02307ea41
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/90c5be795f1e8679bdf28e1ba3a02c0f797a14
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/c77e3775b4167983fe040b7d039b2ff6f082d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/c7ecafa2cc1ac959c3adf3e625993deef99304
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/a51c4a6086f5bc013968ee429ae58f5dd96f80
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/d53063bf8d5fe030a1d39fd64739724883553c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/f1efacaa5ed40a9e0e33c20bd1e1886b367be1
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/8c03779174b3e39d7caa4aa1a7406883fc85cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/4f32a7878fe558e46e781ad8ac9f575b74d01c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/be5a95393b64683ed54ec74b9887a1b3e2f4ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/95d0cb3b7e1ffd3277ec896f6fcd2b0bdd67a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/d3216c518001d7c21cc3f230145f523c983e6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/52c63392f4dd9ba3b490a6cc8bae3f473711a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/74e7f8088777e94aa423efc819657a415b762c
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/06663ddc2c1f2d67e9ac1031e35380943fdb5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/668a138c9ed4b247c1c9c5738db445143e31e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/42141ef43fb218e702a81c0dfddfcb110ac06a
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/0f47377c70f78e32c89e0ad90068d219b824db
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/32aaefc885bad091f42868af01dc459edae54d
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/kismet.pc
/usr/share/doc/kismet
/usr/share/doc/kismet/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/kismet/README.OLD
/usr/share/doc/kismet/README.SSL
/usr/share/doc/kismet/README.md
/usr/share/kismet
/usr/share/kismet/httpd
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/adsb_map_panel.html
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/channels.html
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/credit.html
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/Control.Loading.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/colReorder.dataTables.min.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/font-awesome.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/font-awesome.min.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/grid.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/ie.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/ie6.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/images
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/images/collapsed.gif
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/images/expanded.gif
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/images/ui-icons_444444_256x240.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/images/ui-icons_555555_256x240.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/images/ui-icons_777620_256x240.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/images/ui-icons_777777_256x240.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/images/ui-icons_cc0000_256x240.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/images/ui-icons_ffffff_256x240.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/images/uiTabsArrow.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/jquery-ui.min.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/jquery.jspanel.min.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/jquery.kismet.alert.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/jquery.kismet.auth.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/jquery.kismet.battery.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/jquery.kismet.channeldisplay.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/jquery.kismet.gps.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/jquery.kismet.messagebus.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/jqueryui-editable.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/kismet.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/kismet.ui.base.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/kismet.ui.datasources.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/kismet.ui.gadgets.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/kismet.ui.iconbar.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/kismet.ui.settings.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/kismet.ui.sidebar.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/kismet.ui.tabpane.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/layout-default-1.4.0.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/layout.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/leaflet.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/morris.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/nav.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/pushmenu.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/reset.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/responsive.dataTables.min.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/spectrum.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/text.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/css/tooltipster.bundle.min.css
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/favicon.ico
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts/FontAwesome.otf
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.svg
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff2
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts/jsglyph.eot
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts/jsglyph.svg
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts/jsglyph.ttf
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/fonts/jsglyph.woff
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/images
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/images/collapsed.gif
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/images/expanded.gif
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/images/icon_no_battery_power.svg
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/images/sort_asc.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/images/sort_asc_disabled.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/images/sort_both.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/images/sort_desc.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/images/sort_desc_disabled.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/images/uiTabsArrow.png
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/index.html
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/Chart.bundle.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/Control.Loading.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/Leaflet.MultiOptionsPolyline.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/chroma.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/clipboard.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/d3.v3.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/dataTables.colReorder.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/dataTables.pageResize.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/dataTables.responsive.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/dataTables.scrollResize.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/dataTables.scroller.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jcanvas.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery-3.1.0.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery-fluid16.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery-ui.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.ajax.binary.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.jspanel-compiled.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.kismet.alert.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.kismet.battery.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.kismet.channeldisplay.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.kismet.devicedata.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.kismet.gps.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.kismet.messagebus.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.kismet.packetrate.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.layout-latest.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.sparkline.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.storageapi.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jquery.ui.touch-punch.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/jqueryui-editable.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/js.storage.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.alerts.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.base.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.bluetooth.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.btle.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.datasources.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.dot11.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.gadgets.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.iconbar.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.rtl433.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.rtladsb.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.rtlamr.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.settings.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.sidebar.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.tabpane.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.uav.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.walkthrough.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.ui.zwave.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.units.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/kismet.utils.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/leaflet.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/morris.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/msgpack.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/pushmenu.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/raphael.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/simple-expand.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/spectrum.js
/usr/share/kismet/httpd/js/tooltipster.bundle.min.js
/usr/share/kismet/kismet_adsb_icao.txt.gz
/usr/share/kismet/kismet_manuf.txt.gz

References

kismet website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kismet on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).