How To Install fling on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fling

fling is:

fling transfers data quickly over a trusted network. It does not encrypt the data. It tries to avoid copying data between kernel and userspace where it can. The most improvement over other tools like netcat is seen on systems with low memory bandwidth. fling is extremely Linux-specific, as almost all the optimisations used beyond what other similar tools do are non-portable.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fling

Install fling Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fling

Install fling 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 fling using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fling

How To Uninstall fling on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fling

Uninstall fling And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fling

Remove fling Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fling

Remove fling configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fling

Dependencies

fling have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• fling website

Summary

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