How To Install cryptcat on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptcat
on Kali Linux.
What is cryptcat
cryptcat is:
Cryptcat is a simple Unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol while encrypting the data being transmitted. It is designed to be a reliable “back-end” tool that can be used directly or easily driven by other programs and scripts. At the same time, it is a feature-rich network debugging and exploration tool, since it can create almost any kind of connection you would need and has several interesting built-in capabilities.
There are three methods to install cryptcat
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 cryptcat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptcat
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cryptcat
Install cryptcat Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptcat
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cryptcat
Install cryptcat 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 cryptcat
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cryptcat
How To Uninstall cryptcat on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cryptcat
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cryptcat
Uninstall cryptcat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cryptcat
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryptcat
Remove cryptcat Configurations and Data
To remove cryptcat
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cryptcat
Remove cryptcat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cryptcat
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryptcat
Dependencies
cryptcat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptcat
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.