How To Install photon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install photon on Kali Linux. photon is Incredibly fast crawler designed for open source intelligence

Introduction

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

What is photon

photon is:

This package includes a fast and flexible crawler designed for open source intelligence (OSINT).

Photon can extract the following data while crawling:

  • URLs (in-scope & out-of-scope)
  • URLs with parameters (example.com/gallery.php?id=2)
  • Intel (emails, social media accounts, amazon buckets etc.)
  • Files (pdf, png, xml etc.)
  • Secret keys (auth/API keys & hashes)
  • JavaScript files & Endpoints present in them
  • Strings matching custom regex pattern
  • Subdomains & DNS related data

The extracted information is saved in an organized manner or can be exported as json.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install photon

Install photon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install photon

Install photon 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 photon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install photon

How To Uninstall photon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove photon

Uninstall photon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove photon

Remove photon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge photon

Remove photon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge photon

Dependencies

photon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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