How To Install nyancat-server on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nyancat-server on Kali Linux.

What is nyancat-server

nyancat-server is:

nyancat-server contains the configurations required to quickly set up a nyancat server. This allows the animated poptart cat to be served to many users via telnet.

Installing this package will automatically configure and activate a nyancat telnet server.

There are three methods to install nyancat-server 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 nyancat-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nyancat-server

Install nyancat-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nyancat-server

Install nyancat-server 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 nyancat-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nyancat-server

How To Uninstall nyancat-server on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nyancat-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nyancat-server

Uninstall nyancat-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nyancat-server

Remove nyancat-server Configurations and Data

To remove nyancat-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nyancat-server

Remove nyancat-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nyancat-server

Dependencies

nyancat-server have the following dependencies:

• nyancat

References

• nyancat-server website

Summary

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