How To Install kali-tools-social-engineering on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kali-tools-social-engineering

kali-tools-social-engineering is:

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

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install kali-tools-social-engineering

Install kali-tools-social-engineering Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kali-tools-social-engineering

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

sudo aptitude -y install kali-tools-social-engineering

How To Uninstall kali-tools-social-engineering on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kali-tools-social-engineering

Uninstall kali-tools-social-engineering And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-tools-social-engineering

Remove kali-tools-social-engineering Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kali-tools-social-engineering

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-tools-social-engineering

Dependencies

kali-tools-social-engineering have the following dependencies:

• backdoor-factory
• beef-xss
• maltego
• msfpc
• set
• veil

References

• kali-tools-social-engineering website

Summary

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