How To Install icmpush on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is icmpush

icmpush is:

icmpush is a tool that builds ICMP packets fully customized from command line.

It supports the following ICMP error types: Redirect, Source Quench, Time Exceeded, Destination Unreach and Parameter Problem.

And the following ICMP information types: Address Mask Request, Timestamp, Information Request, Echo Request, Router Solicitation and Router Advertisement.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install icmpush

Install icmpush Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install icmpush

Install icmpush 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 icmpush using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install icmpush

How To Uninstall icmpush on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove icmpush

Uninstall icmpush And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove icmpush

Remove icmpush Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge icmpush

Remove icmpush configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icmpush

Dependencies

icmpush have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• icmpush website

Summary

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