How To Install parsero on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install parsero
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is parsero
parsero is:
Parsero is a free script written in Python which reads the Robots.txt file of a web server through the network 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.
Parsero is useful for pentesters, ethical hackers and forensics experts. It also can be used for security tests.
There are three methods to install parsero
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove parsero
Remove parsero Configurations and Data
To remove parsero
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install parsero
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.