How To Install owasp-mantra-ff on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install owasp-mantra-ff on Kali Linux.

What is owasp-mantra-ff

owasp-mantra-ff is:

Mantra is a browser especially designed for web application security testing. By having such a product, more people will come to know the easiness and flexibility of being able to follow basic testing procedures within the browser. Mantra believes that having such a portable, easy to use and yet powerful platform can be helpful for the industry.

Mantra has many built in tools to modify headers, manipulate input strings, replay GET/POST requests, edit cookies, quickly switch between multiple proxies, control forced redirects etc. This makes it a good software for performing basic security checks and sometimes, exploitation. Thus, Mantra can be used to solve basic levels of various web based CTFs, showcase security issues in vulnerable web applications etc.

There are three methods to install owasp-mantra-ff 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 owasp-mantra-ff Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install owasp-mantra-ff

Install owasp-mantra-ff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install owasp-mantra-ff using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install owasp-mantra-ff

Install owasp-mantra-ff 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 owasp-mantra-ff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install owasp-mantra-ff

How To Uninstall owasp-mantra-ff on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the owasp-mantra-ff package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove owasp-mantra-ff

Uninstall owasp-mantra-ff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove owasp-mantra-ff

Remove owasp-mantra-ff Configurations and Data

To remove owasp-mantra-ff configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge owasp-mantra-ff

Remove owasp-mantra-ff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove owasp-mantra-ff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge owasp-mantra-ff

Dependencies

owasp-mantra-ff have the following dependencies:

References

• owasp-mantra-ff website

Summary

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