How To Install dirbuster on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dirbuster

dirbuster is:

DirBuster is a multi threaded java application designed to brute force directories and files names on web/application servers. Often is the case now of what looks like a web server in a state of default installation is actually not, and has pages and applications hidden within. DirBuster attempts to find these.

However tools of this nature are often as only good as the directory and file list they come with. A different approach was taken to generating this. The list was generated from scratch, by crawling the Internet and collecting the directory and files that are actually used by developers! DirBuster comes a total of 9 different lists, this makes DirBuster extremely effective at finding those hidden files and directories. And if that was not enough DirBuster also has the option to perform a pure brute force, which leaves the hidden directories and files nowhere to hide.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dirbuster

Install dirbuster Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dirbuster

Install dirbuster 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 dirbuster using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dirbuster

How To Uninstall dirbuster on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dirbuster

Uninstall dirbuster And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dirbuster

Remove dirbuster Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dirbuster

Remove dirbuster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dirbuster

Dependencies

dirbuster have the following dependencies:

• default-jre

References

• dirbuster website

Summary

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