How To Install kali-tools-fuzzing on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kali-tools-fuzzing

kali-tools-fuzzing is:

This is Kali Linux, the most advanced penetration testing and security auditing distribution.

This metapackage depends on all the fuzzing attack tools that Kali Linux provides.

There are three methods to install kali-tools-fuzzing 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 kali-tools-fuzzing Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kali-tools-fuzzing

Install kali-tools-fuzzing Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kali-tools-fuzzing

Install kali-tools-fuzzing 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 kali-tools-fuzzing using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kali-tools-fuzzing

How To Uninstall kali-tools-fuzzing on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kali-tools-fuzzing

Uninstall kali-tools-fuzzing And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-tools-fuzzing

Remove kali-tools-fuzzing Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kali-tools-fuzzing

Remove kali-tools-fuzzing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-tools-fuzzing

Dependencies

kali-tools-fuzzing have the following dependencies:

• afl++
• sfuzz
• spike
• wfuzz

References

• kali-tools-fuzzing website

Summary

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