How To Install pagekite on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pagekite
on Kali Linux.
What is pagekite
pagekite is:
PageKite is a system for running publicly visible servers (generally web servers) on machines without a direct connection to the Internet, such as mobile devices or computers behind restrictive firewalls. PageKite works around NAT, firewalls and IP-address limitations by using a combination of tunnels and reverse proxies.
Natively supported protocols: HTTP, HTTPS Partially supported protocols: IRC, Finger
Any other TCP-based service, including SSH and VNC, may be exposed as well to clients supporting HTTP Proxies.
There are three methods to install pagekite
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 pagekite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pagekite
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pagekite
Install pagekite Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pagekite
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pagekite
Install pagekite 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 pagekite
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pagekite
How To Uninstall pagekite on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pagekite
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pagekite
Uninstall pagekite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pagekite
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pagekite
Remove pagekite Configurations and Data
To remove pagekite
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pagekite
Remove pagekite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pagekite
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pagekite
Dependencies
pagekite have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pagekite
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.