How To Install mosh on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mosh

mosh is:

Mosh is a remote terminal application that supports:

• intermittent network connectivity,
• roaming to different IP address without dropping the connection, and
• intelligent local echo and line editing to reduce the effects of “network lag” on high-latency connections.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mosh

Install mosh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mosh

Install mosh 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 mosh using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mosh

How To Uninstall mosh on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mosh

Uninstall mosh And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mosh

Remove mosh Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mosh

Remove mosh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mosh

Dependencies

mosh have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libprotobuf23
• libssl1.1
• libstdc++6
• libtinfo6
• libutempter0
• zlib1g

References

• mosh website

Summary

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