How To Install clusterssh on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is clusterssh

clusterssh is:

ClusterSSH (cssh, crsh, ctel) allows you to control multiple ssh, rsh or telnet sessions from a single input window. You can also configure clusters of machines for easy invocation and interact with individual terminal windows during a session.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install clusterssh

Install clusterssh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clusterssh

Install clusterssh 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 clusterssh using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clusterssh

How To Uninstall clusterssh on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove clusterssh

Uninstall clusterssh And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clusterssh

Remove clusterssh Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge clusterssh

Remove clusterssh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clusterssh

Dependencies

clusterssh have the following dependencies:

• libexception-class-perl
• libtry-tiny-perl
• libx11-protocol-perl
• libx11-protocol-other-perl
• openssh-client
• perl-tk
• xterm
• perl

References

• clusterssh website

Summary

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