How To Install phpwebcounter on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is phpwebcounter

phpwebcounter is:

PHP script to show the number of hits in web pages using ASCII text or PNG images. You can use your custom PNG images. PHP Web Counter is a very easy-to-configure application.

It isn’t a CGI program and doesn’t require special things to work.

Demo site: http://phpwebcounter.sf.net

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install phpwebcounter

Install phpwebcounter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phpwebcounter

Install phpwebcounter 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 phpwebcounter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install phpwebcounter

How To Uninstall phpwebcounter on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove phpwebcounter

Uninstall phpwebcounter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phpwebcounter

Remove phpwebcounter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge phpwebcounter

Remove phpwebcounter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phpwebcounter

Dependencies

phpwebcounter have the following dependencies:

• php

References

• phpwebcounter website

Summary

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