How To Install pt-websocket on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pt-websocket on Kali Linux.

What is pt-websocket

pt-websocket is:

Pluggable transports are tools that transform a stream of application traffic into a different format on the network. This helps to bypass network-level censorship.

This package contains a server transport plugin that accepts connections transformed to look like the websocket protocol. This is typically used to enhance systems like Tor, to provide service even to censored users.

See flashproxy-client for a corresponding client transport plugin, meant for users to bypass censorship, that is compatible with the websocket protocol that this package expects.

(The source package also contains a websocket-client transport plugin, but this is just a demo that is less effective than flashproxy-client, and not meant to be used in real situations.)

There are three methods to install pt-websocket 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 pt-websocket Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pt-websocket

Install pt-websocket Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pt-websocket

Install pt-websocket 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 pt-websocket using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pt-websocket

How To Uninstall pt-websocket on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pt-websocket package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pt-websocket

Uninstall pt-websocket And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pt-websocket

Remove pt-websocket Configurations and Data

To remove pt-websocket configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pt-websocket

Remove pt-websocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pt-websocket

Dependencies

pt-websocket have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• pt-websocket website

Summary

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