How To Install daphne on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install daphne on Kali Linux. daphne is Django Channels HTTP/WebSocket server

Introduction

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

What is daphne

daphne is:

Daphne is a HTTP, HTTP2 and WebSocket protocol server for ASGI, and developed to power Django Channels.

It supports automatic negotiation of protocols; there’s no need for URL prefixing to determine WebSocket endpoints versus HTTP endpoints.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install daphne

Install daphne Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install daphne

Install daphne 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 daphne using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install daphne

How To Uninstall daphne on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove daphne

Uninstall daphne And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove daphne

Remove daphne Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge daphne

Remove daphne configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge daphne

Dependencies

daphne have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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