How To Install ent on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ent

ent is:

This program applies various tests to sequences of bytes stored in files and reports the results of those tests. The program is useful for those evaluating pseudorandom number generators for encryption and statistical sampling applications, compression algorithms, and other applications where the information density of a file is of interest.

Original Homepage: http://www.fourmilab.ch/random/ (Now maintained primarily in Debian.)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ent

Install ent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ent

Install ent 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 ent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ent

How To Uninstall ent on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ent

Uninstall ent And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ent

Remove ent Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ent

Remove ent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ent

Dependencies

ent have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• ent website

Summary

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