How To Install guidedog on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install guidedog on Kali Linux. guidedog is NAT/masquerading/port-forwarding configuration tool in Qt5

Introduction

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

What is guidedog

guidedog is:

Guidedog is a GUI utility which allows you to easily activate and configure your machine for packet routing, Network Address Translation/IP Masquerading (NAT) and port-forwarding.

If you are using the functions of this program, it is recommended that you setup/configure a firewall to protect your machine - guidedog does not setup a firewall for you.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install guidedog

Install guidedog Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install guidedog

Install guidedog 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 guidedog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guidedog

How To Uninstall guidedog on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove guidedog

Uninstall guidedog And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guidedog

Remove guidedog Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge guidedog

Remove guidedog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guidedog

Dependencies

guidedog have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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