How To Install iputils-clockdiff on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iputils-clockdiff on Kali Linux.

What is iputils-clockdiff

iputils-clockdiff is:

Clockdiff computes the difference between the time of the machine on which it is called and the time of other network-accessible machines. The time differences measured by clockdiff are obtained using a sequence of ICMP TSTAMP messages which are returned to the sender by the IP module in the remote machine.

There are three methods to install iputils-clockdiff 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 iputils-clockdiff Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install iputils-clockdiff

Install iputils-clockdiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install iputils-clockdiff

Install iputils-clockdiff 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 iputils-clockdiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install iputils-clockdiff

How To Uninstall iputils-clockdiff on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the iputils-clockdiff package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove iputils-clockdiff

Uninstall iputils-clockdiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove iputils-clockdiff

Remove iputils-clockdiff Configurations and Data

To remove iputils-clockdiff configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge iputils-clockdiff

Remove iputils-clockdiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iputils-clockdiff

Dependencies

iputils-clockdiff have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcap2

References

• iputils-clockdiff website

Summary

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