How To Install nd on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nd on Kali Linux.
What is nd
nd is:
nd is a command line tool to issue queries to a WebDAV server.
WebDAV stands for “Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning” (RFC 2518). It is a protocol built on top of HTTP, allowing users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote web servers.
nd can be used to retrieve, submit, remove, and lock individual files, as well as retrieving information about them. It also supports proxying, as well as the authentication methods ‘Basic’ and now ‘Digest’ for protecting against unsolicited access.
It is smaller than the alternative tool Cadaver. However, nd has neither an interactive mode, nor has it support for SSL or TLS encrypted transmissions, but it is well suited for use in scripts.
nd is dependent on libxml2 and libmhash2.
There are three methods to install nd 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 nd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ndInstall nd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ndInstall nd 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ndHow To Uninstall nd on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ndUninstall nd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ndRemove nd Configurations and Data
To remove nd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ndRemove nd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ndDependencies
nd have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.