How To Install awstats on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is awstats

awstats is:

Advanced Web Statistics (AWStats) is a powerful web server logfile analyzer written in perl that shows you all your web statistics including visits, unique visitors, pages, hits, rush hours, search engines, keywords used to find your site, robots, broken links and more. Gives more detailed information and better graphical charts than webalizer, and is easier to use. Works with several web server log format as a CGI and/or from command line. Supports more than 30 languages.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install awstats

Install awstats Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install awstats

Install awstats 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 awstats using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install awstats

How To Uninstall awstats on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove awstats

Uninstall awstats And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove awstats

Remove awstats Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge awstats

Remove awstats configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge awstats

Dependencies

awstats have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• awstats website

Summary

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