How To Install cog on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cog

cog is:

Cog is a small, single-window web browser based on WPE WebKit. It provides no user interface and is suitable to be used as a web application container for embedded devices in kiosk mode.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cog

Install cog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cog

Install cog 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 cog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cog

How To Uninstall cog on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cog

Uninstall cog And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cog

Remove cog Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cog

Remove cog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cog

Dependencies

cog have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libegl1
• libglib2.0-0
• libsoup2.4-1
• libwayland-client0
• libwayland-cursor0
• libwpe-1.0-1
• libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-1
• libwpewebkit-1.0-3
• libxkbcommon0

References

• cog website

Summary

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