How To Install joomscan on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is joomscan

joomscan is:

This package contains JoomScan, short for [Joom]la Vulnerability [Scan]ner. It’s a project in perl programming language to detect Joomla CMS vulnerabilities and analysis them.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install joomscan

Install joomscan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install joomscan

Install joomscan 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 joomscan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install joomscan

How To Uninstall joomscan on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove joomscan

Uninstall joomscan And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove joomscan

Remove joomscan Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge joomscan

Remove joomscan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge joomscan

Dependencies

joomscan have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libwww-perl
• liblwp-protocol-https-perl
• libregexp-common-perl

References

• joomscan website

Summary

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