How To Install kismet-capture-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kismet-capture-common on Kali Linux.
What is kismet-capture-common
kismet-capture-common is:
Kismet is a wireless network and device detector, sniffer, wardriving tool, and WIDS (wireless intrusion detection) framework.
Kismet works with Wi-Fi interfaces, Bluetooth interfaces, some SDR (software defined radio) hardware like the RTLSDR, and other specialized capture hardware.
This package contains the debconf files for setuid capture binaries.
There are three methods to install kismet-capture-common 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 kismet-capture-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kismet-capture-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kismet-capture-commonInstall kismet-capture-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kismet-capture-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kismet-capture-commonInstall kismet-capture-common 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kismet-capture-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kismet-capture-commonHow To Uninstall kismet-capture-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kismet-capture-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kismet-capture-commonUninstall kismet-capture-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kismet-capture-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kismet-capture-commonRemove kismet-capture-common Configurations and Data
To remove kismet-capture-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kismet-capture-commonRemove kismet-capture-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kismet-capture-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kismet-capture-commonDependencies
kismet-capture-common have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kismet-capture-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
