How To Install lighttpd-modules-dbi on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lighttpd-modules-dbi on Kali Linux.

What is lighttpd-modules-dbi

lighttpd-modules-dbi is:

This package contains the following modules:

• mod_authn_dbi: DBI-based authentication mod_authn_dbi performs authentication against a database server via DBI interface.
• mod_vhostdb_dbi: DBI-based virtual host configuration mod_vhostdb_dbi enables writing the configuration for virtual hosts into a database table instead of including it in the lighttpd configuration file.

Do not depend on this package. Depend on the provided lighttpd-mod-* packages instead.

There are three methods to install lighttpd-modules-dbi 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-modules-dbi 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-modules-dbi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lighttpd-modules-dbi

Install lighttpd-modules-dbi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lighttpd-modules-dbi

Install lighttpd-modules-dbi 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-modules-dbi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lighttpd-modules-dbi

How To Uninstall lighttpd-modules-dbi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lighttpd-modules-dbi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lighttpd-modules-dbi

Uninstall lighttpd-modules-dbi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lighttpd-modules-dbi

Remove lighttpd-modules-dbi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lighttpd-modules-dbi

Remove lighttpd-modules-dbi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lighttpd-modules-dbi

Dependencies

lighttpd-modules-dbi have the following dependencies:

• lighttpd
• libc6
• libcrypt1

References

• lighttpd-modules-dbi website

Summary

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