How To Install bosixnet-daemon on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bosixnet-daemon on Kali Linux.
What is bosixnet-daemon
Project should be useful when you have to administer many computers distributed through different networks and connected via NAT. In most of cases you may just install miredo, gogoc or any other tunnel broker’s software and these computers will be available via IPv6 addresses. BOSixNet includes the collection of tools for automatic updating the list of such hosts.
This package provides the shell script which periodically sends information about current IPv6 address to remote server and updates local /etc/hosts based on data received from that remote server. It is expected that bosixnet-webui is launched on that remote server.
There are three ways to install bosixnet-daemon 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 bosixnet-daemon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bosixnet-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bosixnet-daemon
Install bosixnet-daemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bosixnet-daemon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bosixnet-daemon
Install bosixnet-daemon Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 bosixnet-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bosixnet-daemon
How To Uninstall bosixnet-daemon on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bosixnet-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bosixnet-daemon
Uninstall bosixnet-daemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bosixnet-daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bosixnet-daemon
Remove bosixnet-daemon Configurations and Data
To remove bosixnet-daemon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bosixnet-daemon
Remove bosixnet-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bosixnet-daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bosixnet-daemon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bosixnet-daemon using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.