How To Install ident2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ident2 on Kali Linux.

What is ident2

ident2 is:

ident2 is an advanced, configurable ident daemon. You can set it to lie, not lie, or not return any response at all, and it is per-user configurable (e.g. if user daniel was IRCing, it’d use ~daniel/.ident for its config, if user kim was IRCing, it’d use ~kim/.ident). The admin can specify whether users can configure the type of return they want or not.

There are three methods to install ident2 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 ident2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ident2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ident2

Install ident2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ident2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ident2

Install ident2 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 ident2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ident2

How To Uninstall ident2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ident2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ident2

Uninstall ident2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ident2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ident2

Remove ident2 Configurations and Data

To remove ident2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ident2

Remove ident2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ident2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ident2

Dependencies

ident2 have the following dependencies:

• netbase
• adduser
• update-inetd
• openbsd-inetd
• libc6

References

• ident2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ident2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.