How To Install kali-tools-reporting on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kali-tools-reporting

kali-tools-reporting is:

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

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

There are three methods to install kali-tools-reporting 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-reporting 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-reporting using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install kali-tools-reporting Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kali-tools-reporting

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

sudo aptitude -y install kali-tools-reporting

How To Uninstall kali-tools-reporting on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kali-tools-reporting

Uninstall kali-tools-reporting And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove kali-tools-reporting Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

kali-tools-reporting have the following dependencies:

• cutycapt
• dradis
• eyewitness
• faraday
• maltego
• metagoofil
• pipal
• recordmydesktop

References

• kali-tools-reporting website

Summary

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