How To Install dante-client on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dante-client on Kali Linux.
What is dante-client
dante-client is:
Dante is a circuit-level firewall/proxy that can be used to provide convenient and secure network connectivity to a wide range of hosts while requiring only the server Dante runs on to have external network connectivity.
This package provides the “socksify” client program - a tool which forwards network requests from any program to a SOCKS server (v4 or v5) which then performs them on your behalf.
There are three methods to install dante-client 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 dante-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dante-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dante-clientInstall dante-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dante-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dante-clientInstall dante-client 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dante-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dante-clientHow To Uninstall dante-client on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dante-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dante-clientUninstall dante-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dante-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dante-clientRemove dante-client Configurations and Data
To remove dante-client configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dante-clientRemove dante-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dante-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dante-clientDependencies
dante-client have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dante-client package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.