How To Install nagzilla on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is nagzilla

nagzilla is:

Nagzilla was designed to be a Jabber relay “bot” in that it sits quietly in a room until it gets a message to relay to either a chatroom or a person. It is split into two programs:

• nagzillad - the daemon that sits in the room and sends the messages, and
• nagzillac - the client that gets the messages and hands them to the daemon

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nagzilla

Install nagzilla Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nagzilla

Install nagzilla 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 nagzilla using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nagzilla

How To Uninstall nagzilla on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nagzilla

Uninstall nagzilla And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nagzilla

Remove nagzilla Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nagzilla

Remove nagzilla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nagzilla

Dependencies

nagzilla have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• nagzilla website

Summary

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