How To Install magic-wormhole-transit-relay on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install magic-wormhole-transit-relay on Kali Linux. magic-wormhole-transit-relay is Transit Relay server for Magic-Wormhole

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install magic-wormhole-transit-relay on Kali Linux.

What is magic-wormhole-transit-relay

magic-wormhole-transit-relay is:

This repository implements the Magic-Wormhole “Transit Relay”, a server that helps clients establish bulk-data transit connections even when both are behind NAT boxes. Each side makes a TCP connection to this server and presents a handshake. Two connections with identical handshakes are glued together, allowing them to pretend they have a direct connection.

This server used to be included in the magic-wormhole repository, but was split out into a separate repo to aid deployment and development.

There are three methods to install magic-wormhole-transit-relay 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 magic-wormhole-transit-relay Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install magic-wormhole-transit-relay using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install magic-wormhole-transit-relay

Install magic-wormhole-transit-relay Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install magic-wormhole-transit-relay using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install magic-wormhole-transit-relay

Install magic-wormhole-transit-relay 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 magic-wormhole-transit-relay using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install magic-wormhole-transit-relay

How To Uninstall magic-wormhole-transit-relay on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the magic-wormhole-transit-relay package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove magic-wormhole-transit-relay

Uninstall magic-wormhole-transit-relay And Its Dependencies

To uninstall magic-wormhole-transit-relay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove magic-wormhole-transit-relay

Remove magic-wormhole-transit-relay Configurations and Data

To remove magic-wormhole-transit-relay configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge magic-wormhole-transit-relay

Remove magic-wormhole-transit-relay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove magic-wormhole-transit-relay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge magic-wormhole-transit-relay

Dependencies

magic-wormhole-transit-relay have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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