How To Install c-icap on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install c-icap on Kali Linux. c-icap is ICAP server implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install c-icap on Kali Linux.

What is c-icap

c-icap is:

C-ICAP is an implementation of an ICAP server. It can be used with HTTP proxies that support the ICAP protocol to implement content adaptation and filtering services.

Most of the commercial HTTP proxies must support the ICAP protocol. The open source Squid 3.x proxy server supports it.

This Package contains the core ICAP daemon

There are three methods to install c-icap 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 c-icap Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install c-icap

Install c-icap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install c-icap

Install c-icap 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 c-icap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install c-icap

How To Uninstall c-icap on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the c-icap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove c-icap

Uninstall c-icap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove c-icap

Remove c-icap Configurations and Data

To remove c-icap configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge c-icap

Remove c-icap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge c-icap

Dependencies

c-icap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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