How To Install dhcpig on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 dhcpig using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dhcpig

How To Uninstall dhcpig on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhcpig

Remove dhcpig Configurations and Data

To remove dhcpig configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• python3

References

• dhcpig website

Summary

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