How To Install e2guardian on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2guardian on Kali Linux. e2guardian is Web content filtering (Dansguardian fork)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2guardian on Kali Linux.

What is e2guardian

e2guardian is:

e2guardian filters the content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering. It does not purely filter based on a banned list of sites.

It provides real-time virus scanning capabilities for content access.

e2guardian is designed to be completely flexible and allows you to tailor the filtering to your exact needs. It can be as draconian or as unobstructive as you want. The default settings are geared towards what a primary school might want but e2guardian puts you in control of what you want to block.

e2guardian requires squid or another similar caching proxy server on your local network.

There are three methods to install e2guardian 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 e2guardian Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install e2guardian using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install e2guardian

Install e2guardian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install e2guardian using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install e2guardian

Install e2guardian 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 e2guardian using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install e2guardian

How To Uninstall e2guardian on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the e2guardian package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove e2guardian

Uninstall e2guardian And Its Dependencies

To uninstall e2guardian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove e2guardian

Remove e2guardian Configurations and Data

To remove e2guardian configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge e2guardian

Remove e2guardian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove e2guardian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge e2guardian

Dependencies

e2guardian have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install e2guardian package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.