How To Install fern-wifi-cracker on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fern-wifi-cracker on Kali Linux.
What is fern-wifi-cracker
fern-wifi-cracker is:
This package contains a Wireless security auditing and attack software program written using the Python Programming Language and the Python Qt GUI library, the program is able to crack and recover WEP/WPA/WPS keys and also run other network based attacks on wireless or ethernet based networks.
There are three methods to install fern-wifi-cracker 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 fern-wifi-cracker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fern-wifi-cracker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fern-wifi-crackerInstall fern-wifi-cracker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fern-wifi-cracker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fern-wifi-crackerInstall fern-wifi-cracker 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fern-wifi-cracker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fern-wifi-crackerHow To Uninstall fern-wifi-cracker on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fern-wifi-cracker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fern-wifi-crackerUninstall fern-wifi-cracker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fern-wifi-cracker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fern-wifi-crackerRemove fern-wifi-cracker Configurations and Data
To remove fern-wifi-cracker configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fern-wifi-crackerRemove fern-wifi-cracker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fern-wifi-cracker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fern-wifi-crackerDependencies
fern-wifi-cracker have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fern-wifi-cracker package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
