How To Install flawfinder on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is flawfinder

flawfinder is:

Flawfinder searches through C/C++ source code looking for potential security flaws and produces a report describing the potential flaws found in source code, ranking them by likely severity.

Like RATS, Flawfinder reports are not a direct indication of a vulnerability, but provide a reasonable starting point for performing manual security audits in source code.

Flawfinder can also generate differential reports by pointing it to a patch (diff) file describing the code changes. This way it can be used to determine if the potential flaws found in code have increased or decreased after a commit to a source code management system like CVS or Subversion.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install flawfinder

Install flawfinder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install flawfinder

Install flawfinder 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 flawfinder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flawfinder

How To Uninstall flawfinder on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove flawfinder

Uninstall flawfinder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flawfinder

Remove flawfinder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge flawfinder

Remove flawfinder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flawfinder

Dependencies

flawfinder have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• flawfinder website

Summary

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