How To Install adcli on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install adcli on Kali Linux. adcli is Tool for performing actions on an Active Directory domain

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install adcli on Kali Linux.

What is adcli

adcli is:

This tool allows the administrator to join the local machine to an Active Directory (AD) domain. It’s taking care of creating the computer account on the domain and adjusting the kerberos (keytab) configuration.

It also allows the domain administrator to manage the users or the groups and the computer accounts in Active Directory (AD) domains.

There are three methods to install adcli 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 adcli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install adcli

Install adcli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install adcli using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install adcli

Install adcli 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 adcli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install adcli

How To Uninstall adcli on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove adcli

Uninstall adcli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove adcli

Remove adcli Configurations and Data

To remove adcli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge adcli

Remove adcli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge adcli

Dependencies

adcli have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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