How To Install armitage on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is armitage

armitage is:

Armitage is a scriptable red team collaboration tool for Metasploit that visualizes targets, recommends exploits, and exposes the advanced post- exploitation features in the framework.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install armitage

Install armitage Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install armitage

Install armitage 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 armitage using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install armitage

How To Uninstall armitage on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove armitage

Uninstall armitage And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove armitage

Remove armitage Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge armitage

Remove armitage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge armitage

Dependencies

armitage have the following dependencies:

• default-jre
• metasploit-framework

References

• armitage website

Summary

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