How To Install afl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is afl

afl is:

This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed once afl++ is installed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install afl

Install afl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install afl

Install afl 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 afl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install afl

How To Uninstall afl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove afl

Uninstall afl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove afl

Remove afl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge afl

Remove afl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge afl

Dependencies

afl have the following dependencies:

• afl++

References

• afl website

Summary

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