How To Install linssid on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install linssid on Kali Linux. linssid is graphical wireless scanner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linssid on Kali Linux.

What is linssid

linssid is:

LinSSID is a graphical program that displays locally receivable 802.11 wireless attach points and ad hoc networks.

A table is displayed with various parameters such as MAC address, channel, and signal strength. Graphs are also displayed with signal strength by channel and signal strength over time.

LinSSID is graphically and functionally similar to inSSIDer (for Microsoft Windows) and Wi-Fi Analyzer (for Android).

LinSSID can be used to measure the local performance or to search for an interference free channel to be set in a wireless router (access point or AP). The wireless established link won’t be affected by these operations because LinSSID needn’t set the monitor mode in network interface.

Some features:

  • Table of locally receivable attach points with many columns of different information and sortable and movable columns.
  • Adjustable speed, real-time update.
  • Graphs of signal strength by channel and over time.
  • AP bandwidth displayed.
  • Works on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels.

There are three methods to install linssid 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 linssid Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install linssid

Install linssid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install linssid using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install linssid

Install linssid 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 linssid using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linssid

How To Uninstall linssid on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the linssid package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linssid

Uninstall linssid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linssid

Remove linssid Configurations and Data

To remove linssid configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linssid

Remove linssid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove linssid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linssid

Dependencies

linssid have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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