How To Install plecost on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install plecost on Kali Linux. plecost is Wordpress fingerprinting tool

Introduction

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

What is plecost

plecost is:

Wordpress finger printer tool, plecost search and retrieve information about the plugins versions installed in Wordpress systems. It can analyze a single URL or perform an analysis based on the results indexed by Google. Additionally displays CVE code associated with each plugin, if there.

Plecost retrieves the information contained on Web sites supported by Wordpress, and also allows a search on the results indexed by Google.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plecost

Install plecost Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plecost

Install plecost 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 plecost using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plecost

How To Uninstall plecost on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove plecost

Uninstall plecost And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plecost

Remove plecost Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge plecost

Remove plecost configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plecost

Dependencies

plecost have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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