How To Install bird on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bird on Kali Linux. bird is Internet Routing Daemon

Introduction

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

What is bird

bird is:

BIRD is an Internet routing daemon with full support for all the major routing protocols. It allows redistribution between protocols with a powerful route filtering syntax and an easy-to-use configuration interface.

This package supports IPv4 and IPv6 versions of OSPF, RIP and BGP.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bird

Install bird Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bird

Install bird 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 bird using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bird

How To Uninstall bird on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bird

Uninstall bird And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bird

Remove bird Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bird

Remove bird configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bird

Dependencies

bird have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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