How To Install king-phisher on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install king-phisher on Kali Linux. king-phisher is Phishing Campaign Toolkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install king-phisher on Kali Linux.

What is king-phisher

king-phisher is:

This package contains is a tool for testing and promoting user awareness by simulating real world phishing attacks. It features an easy to use, yet very flexible architecture allowing full control over both emails and server content. King Phisher can be used to run campaigns ranging from simple awareness training to more complicated scenarios in which user aware content is served for harvesting credentials.

There are three methods to install king-phisher 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 king-phisher Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install king-phisher

Install king-phisher Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install king-phisher

Install king-phisher 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 king-phisher using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install king-phisher

How To Uninstall king-phisher on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the king-phisher package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove king-phisher

Uninstall king-phisher And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove king-phisher

Remove king-phisher Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge king-phisher

Remove king-phisher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge king-phisher

Dependencies

king-phisher have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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