How To Install libident on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libident
on Kali Linux.
What is libident
libident is:
This is a small library to interface to the Ident protocol server; “ident” enables a remote host to find out who’s the owner of a network connection.
/usr/sbin/in.identtestd is a small daemon (to be started from inetd) that does an ident lookup on you if you telnet into it. Can be used to verify that your Ident server is working correctly.
There are three methods to install libident
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 libident Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libident
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libident Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libident
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libident 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.
After updating apt database, We can install libident
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libident on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libident
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libident And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libident
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove libident Configurations and Data
To remove libident
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove libident configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libident
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
libident have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libident
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.