How To Install hey on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is hey

hey is:

HTTP load generator, ApacheBench (ab) replacement, formerly known as rakyll/boom

Originally called boom and was influenced from Tarek Ziade’s tool at github.com/tarekziade/boom. Using the same name was a mistake as it resulted in cases where binary name conflicts created confusion.

To preserve the name for its original owner, this project was renamed to hey.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hey

Install hey Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hey

Install hey 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 hey using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hey

How To Uninstall hey on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hey

Uninstall hey And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hey

Remove hey Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hey

Remove hey configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hey

Dependencies

hey have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• hey website

Summary

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