How To Install guessnet on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is guessnet

guessnet is:

Guessnet is a non-aggressive network detection tool to use when moving a machine among networks which don’t necessarily provide DHCP.

Guessnet takes in input a list of candidate network profiles, each of which includes a test description; then it runs all the tests in parallel and prints the name of the profile whose test was the first one to succeed.

Available tests are:

• ARP probes to check for known hosts in the network
• link beat check, to check if the interface is connected to anything
• PPPOE check to see if there is a concentrator accessible via PPPOE
• Checks provided by custom arbitrary scripts.

Guessnet can be used in either native mode or “ifupdown mode”. In the latter case guessnet integrates nicely with ifupdown as a “mapping script”.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install guessnet

Install guessnet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install guessnet

Install guessnet 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 guessnet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guessnet

How To Uninstall guessnet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove guessnet

Uninstall guessnet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guessnet

Remove guessnet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge guessnet

Remove guessnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guessnet

Dependencies

guessnet have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• guessnet website

Summary

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