How To Install openvas on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is openvas

openvas is:

The tool OpenVAS has been renamed Greenbone Vulnerability Manager (GVM).

This is a transitional package that pulls the new gvm, it can be safely removed once gvm has been installed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install openvas

Install openvas Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install openvas

Install openvas 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 openvas using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openvas

How To Uninstall openvas on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove openvas

Uninstall openvas And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openvas

Remove openvas Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge openvas

Remove openvas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openvas

Dependencies

openvas have the following dependencies:

• gvm

References

• openvas website

Summary

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