How To Install owl on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install owl
on Kali Linux.
What is owl
owl is:
This package contains an open implementation of the Apple Wireless Direct Link (AWDL) ad hoc protocol for Linux and macOS written in C and part of the Open Wireless Link project.
OWL runs in user space and makes use of Linux??s Netlink API for Wi-Fi specific operations such as channel switching and to integrate itself in the Linux networking stack by providing a virtual network interface such that existing IPv6-capable programs can use AWDL without modification.
There are three methods to install owl
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 owl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install owl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install owl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install owl
using apt
by running the following command:
Install owl 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.
After updating apt database, We can install owl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall owl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the owl
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall owl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall owl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove owl Configurations and Data
To remove owl
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove owl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove owl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
owl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install owl
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.