How To Install pen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pen

pen is:

This works for udp, and tcp based protocols such as dns, http or smtp. It allows several servers to appear as one to the outside and automatically detects servers that are down and distributes clients among the available servers. This gives high availability and scalable performance.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pen

Install pen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pen

Install pen 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 pen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pen

How To Uninstall pen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pen

Uninstall pen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pen

Remove pen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pen

Remove pen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pen

Dependencies

pen have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgeoip1
• libssl1.1

References

• pen website

Summary

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