How To Install bittwist on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bittwist

bittwist is:

bittwist (or Bit-Twist) is designed to complement tcpdump, which by itself has done a great job in capturing network traffic. Bit-Twist can regenerate the captured traffic onto a live network (the packets are generated from tcpdump trace file, generating a .pcap file).

Bit-Twist also comes with a comprehensive trace file editor to allow one to change the contents of a trace file (bittwiste).

Generally, a packet generator is useful in simulating networking traffic or scenario, testing firewall, IDS, and IPS, and troubleshooting various network problems.

The Bit-Twist features are:

* runs on Mac OS X (and *BSD), Linux, and Windows;
* send multiple trace files at a time;
* send packets at a specific speed or line rate in Mbps;
* comprehensive trace file editor with control over most fields in
  Ethernet, ARP, IP, ICMP, TCP, and UDP headers with automatic header
  checksum correction;
* append user payload to existing packets after a specific header;
* select a specific range of packets and save them in another trace file;
* highly scriptable - with proper manipulation you can turn Bit-Twist
  into an extremely flexible packet generator tool;
* if you are teaching Computer Networks classes, you may find Bit-Twist
  useful as a practical teaching material. It gives your students a
  hands-on experience to learn various networking protocols etc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bittwist

Install bittwist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bittwist

Install bittwist 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 bittwist using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bittwist

How To Uninstall bittwist on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bittwist

Uninstall bittwist And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bittwist

Remove bittwist Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bittwist

Remove bittwist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bittwist

Dependencies

bittwist have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcap0.8

References

• bittwist website

Summary

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