How To Install bls-standalone on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bls-standalone on Kali Linux.
What is bls-standalone
bls-standalone is:
This package includes stand-alone version of the build-log-scanner as found on http://qa.debian.org/bls/.
It includes the scanning engine and (hopefully not too outdated) rules to check for and a helper script to better read the results.
There are three methods to install bls-standalone 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 bls-standalone Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bls-standalone using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bls-standaloneInstall bls-standalone Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bls-standalone using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bls-standaloneInstall bls-standalone 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bls-standalone using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bls-standaloneHow To Uninstall bls-standalone on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bls-standalone package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bls-standaloneUninstall bls-standalone And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bls-standalone and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bls-standaloneRemove bls-standalone Configurations and Data
To remove bls-standalone configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bls-standaloneRemove bls-standalone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bls-standalone configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bls-standaloneDependencies
bls-standalone have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bls-standalone package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
