How To Install lighttpd-mod-wolfssl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-mod-wolfssl on Kali Linux.

What is lighttpd-mod-wolfssl

lighttpd-mod-wolfssl is:

This package contains the wolfssl module for lighttpd. With this module, it is possible serve https:// URLs. Aimed at embedded systems, wolfSSL uses less memory than OpenSSL, though is slightly slower than OpenSSL.

There are three methods to install lighttpd-mod-wolfssl 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 lighttpd-mod-wolfssl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-mod-wolfssl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lighttpd-mod-wolfssl

Install lighttpd-mod-wolfssl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lighttpd-mod-wolfssl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lighttpd-mod-wolfssl

Install lighttpd-mod-wolfssl 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 lighttpd-mod-wolfssl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lighttpd-mod-wolfssl

How To Uninstall lighttpd-mod-wolfssl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lighttpd-mod-wolfssl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lighttpd-mod-wolfssl

Uninstall lighttpd-mod-wolfssl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lighttpd-mod-wolfssl

Remove lighttpd-mod-wolfssl Configurations and Data

To remove lighttpd-mod-wolfssl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lighttpd-mod-wolfssl

Remove lighttpd-mod-wolfssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lighttpd-mod-wolfssl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lighttpd-mod-wolfssl

Dependencies

lighttpd-mod-wolfssl have the following dependencies:

• lighttpd
• libc6
• libwolfssl24

References

• lighttpd-mod-wolfssl website

Summary

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