How To Install dhcpig on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcpig on Debian 10.
What is dhcpig
dhcpig is:
DHCPig initiates an advanced DHCP exhaustion attack. It will consume all IPs on the LAN, stop new users from obtaining IPs, release any IPs in use, then for good measure send gratuitous ARP and knock all windows hosts offline.
It is based on the scapy library and requests admin privileges to execute. It has been tested on multiple Linux distributions and multiple DHCP servers (ISC, Windows 2k3/2k8,..).
There are three methods to install dhcpig on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dhcpig Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dhcpig using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dhcpig
Install dhcpig Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dhcpig using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dhcpig
Install dhcpig Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dhcpig using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dhcpig
How To Uninstall dhcpig on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dhcpig package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dhcpig
Uninstall dhcpig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dhcpig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhcpig
Remove dhcpig Configurations and Data
To remove dhcpig configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dhcpig
Remove dhcpig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dhcpig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhcpig
Dependencies
dhcpig have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcpig package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.