How To Install parsero on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install parsero on Kali Linux. parsero is Robots.txt audit tool

Introduction

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

What is parsero

parsero is:

Parsero is a free script written in Python which reads the Robots.txt file of a web server and looks at the Disallow entries. The Disallow entries tell the search engines what directories or files hosted on a web server mustn’t be indexed. For example, “Disallow: /portal/login” means that the content on www.example.com/portal/login it’s not allowed to be indexed by crawlers like Google, Bing, Yahoo… This is the way the administrator have to not share sensitive or private information with the search engines.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install parsero

Install parsero Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install parsero

Install parsero 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 parsero using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install parsero

How To Uninstall parsero on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove parsero

Uninstall parsero And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove parsero

Remove parsero Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge parsero

Remove parsero configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge parsero

Dependencies

parsero have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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