How To Install kismet-capture-linux-wifi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install kismet-capture-linux-wifi on Kali Linux. kismet-capture-linux-wifi is Kismet Linux Wi-Fi capture helper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kismet-capture-linux-wifi on Kali Linux.

What is kismet-capture-linux-wifi

kismet-capture-linux-wifi 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 Kismet Linux Wi-Fi capture helper.

There are three methods to install kismet-capture-linux-wifi 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-linux-wifi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kismet-capture-linux-wifi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kismet-capture-linux-wifi

Install kismet-capture-linux-wifi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kismet-capture-linux-wifi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kismet-capture-linux-wifi

Install kismet-capture-linux-wifi 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 kismet-capture-linux-wifi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kismet-capture-linux-wifi

How To Uninstall kismet-capture-linux-wifi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kismet-capture-linux-wifi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kismet-capture-linux-wifi

Uninstall kismet-capture-linux-wifi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kismet-capture-linux-wifi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kismet-capture-linux-wifi

Remove kismet-capture-linux-wifi Configurations and Data

To remove kismet-capture-linux-wifi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kismet-capture-linux-wifi

Remove kismet-capture-linux-wifi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kismet-capture-linux-wifi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kismet-capture-linux-wifi

Dependencies

kismet-capture-linux-wifi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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