How To Install dotdotpwn on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dotdotpwn

dotdotpwn is:

DotDotPwn is a very flexible intelligent fuzzer to discover traversal directory vulnerabilities in software such as HTTP/FTP/TFTP servers, Web platforms such as CMSs, ERPs, Blogs, etc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dotdotpwn

Install dotdotpwn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dotdotpwn

Install dotdotpwn 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 dotdotpwn using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dotdotpwn

How To Uninstall dotdotpwn on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dotdotpwn

Uninstall dotdotpwn And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dotdotpwn

Remove dotdotpwn Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dotdotpwn

Remove dotdotpwn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dotdotpwn

Dependencies

dotdotpwn have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libnet-tftp-perl
• libwww-perl

References

• dotdotpwn website

Summary

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