How To Install gnome-nettool on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-nettool on Kali Linux.
What is gnome-nettool
gnome-nettool is:
GNOME Nettool is a network information tool which provides user interfaces for some of the most common command line network tools including: * ifconfig * ping * netstat * traceroute * port scanning * DNS lookup * finger * whois
There are three methods to install gnome-nettool 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 gnome-nettool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-nettool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-nettoolInstall gnome-nettool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gnome-nettool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-nettoolInstall gnome-nettool 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 gnome-nettool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-nettoolHow To Uninstall gnome-nettool on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gnome-nettool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-nettoolUninstall gnome-nettool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-nettool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-nettoolRemove gnome-nettool Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-nettool configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-nettoolRemove gnome-nettool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-nettool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-nettoolDependencies
gnome-nettool have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libgtop-2.0-11
- libpango-1.0-0
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- dnsutils
- finger
- iputils-ping
- iputils-tracepath
- net-tools
- nmap
- whois
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-nettool package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
