How To Install gip on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gip

gip is:

Gip provides system administrators with tools for IP address based calculations. For example, an administrator who needs to find out which IP prefix length equals the IP netmask 255.255.240.0, just types in the mask and gets the prefix length presented. But many more advanced calculations can be made. Gip can convert an address range into a list of prefix lengths. It can also split subnets using a given IP netmask or IP prefix length. Many more calculations are possible.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gip

Install gip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gip

Install gip 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 gip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gip

How To Uninstall gip on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gip

Uninstall gip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gip

Remove gip Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gip

Remove gip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gip

Dependencies

gip have the following dependencies:

• libatkmm-1.6-1v5
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libglib2.0-0
• libglibmm-2.4-1v5
• libgtk2.0-0
• libgtkmm-2.4-1v5

References

• gip website

Summary

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