How To Install jool-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install jool-tools on Kali Linux. jool-tools is userspace utilities for the Jool kernel modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jool-tools on Kali Linux.

What is jool-tools

jool-tools is:

Jool is an IP/ICMP translator; a NAT-like kernel-based utility that converts IPv4 traffic into IPv6 and vice versa, according to a configurable IP address translation strategy.

This package contains the userspace tools. The kernel modules can be found in the jool-dkms package.

There are three methods to install jool-tools 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 jool-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jool-tools

Install jool-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jool-tools

Install jool-tools 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 jool-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jool-tools

How To Uninstall jool-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the jool-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove jool-tools

Uninstall jool-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jool-tools

Remove jool-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge jool-tools

Remove jool-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jool-tools

Dependencies

jool-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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