How To Install network-manager-pptp on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-pptp on Kali Linux.
What is network-manager-pptp
network-manager-pptp is:
NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.
This package provides a VPN plugin for PPTP, commonly used for connecting to Microsoft VPN servers.
There are three methods to install network-manager-pptp 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 network-manager-pptp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install network-manager-pptp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-pptpInstall network-manager-pptp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install network-manager-pptp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install network-manager-pptpInstall network-manager-pptp 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 network-manager-pptp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-pptpHow To Uninstall network-manager-pptp on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the network-manager-pptp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove network-manager-pptpUninstall network-manager-pptp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall network-manager-pptp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-pptpRemove network-manager-pptp Configurations and Data
To remove network-manager-pptp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-pptpRemove network-manager-pptp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove network-manager-pptp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-pptpDependencies
network-manager-pptp have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-pptp package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.