How To Install droopy on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is droopy

droopy is:

Droopy is a mini Web server whose sole purpose is to let others upload files to your computer.

Say you are chatting with friends on MSN Messenger (perhaps with the excellent Pidgin). They want to send you amazing photos they took last week-end, so they use Messenger file transfer. Unfortunately, the zip file is over 50 MB and it is painfully slow. Now relax, droopy comes to rescue.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install droopy

Install droopy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install droopy

Install droopy 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 droopy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install droopy

How To Uninstall droopy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove droopy

Uninstall droopy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove droopy

Remove droopy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge droopy

Remove droopy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge droopy

Dependencies

droopy have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• droopy website

Summary

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