How To Install darkstat on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is darkstat

darkstat is:

It is a packet sniffer which runs as a background process and serves its statistics to a web browser:

• input and output IP traffic by machines, ports and protocols,
• last minute, hourly, daily and monthly global input and output graphics.

It is known to be smaller (in terms of memory footprint) and stabler than ntop.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install darkstat

Install darkstat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install darkstat

Install darkstat 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 darkstat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install darkstat

How To Uninstall darkstat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove darkstat

Uninstall darkstat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove darkstat

Remove darkstat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge darkstat

Remove darkstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge darkstat

Dependencies

darkstat have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcap0.8
• zlib1g

References

• darkstat website

Summary

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