How To Install driftnet on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install driftnet on Kali Linux. driftnet is picks out and displays images from network traffic

Introduction

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

What is driftnet

driftnet is:

Inspired by EtherPEG, Driftnet is a program which listens to network traffic and picks out images from TCP streams it observes. It is interesting to run it on a host which sees a lot of web traffic.

(Obviously, this is an invasion of privacy of a fairly blatant sort. Also, if you are possessed of Victorian sensibilities, and share an unswitched network with others who are not, you should probably not use it.)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install driftnet

Install driftnet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install driftnet

Install driftnet 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 driftnet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install driftnet

How To Uninstall driftnet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove driftnet

Uninstall driftnet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove driftnet

Remove driftnet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge driftnet

Remove driftnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge driftnet

Dependencies

driftnet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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