How To Install rwho on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rwho

rwho is:

The rwho command produces output similar to who, but for all machines on the local network. If no report has been received from a machine for 11 minutes then rwho assumes the machine is down, and does not report users last known to be logged into that machine.

The ruptime command gives a status line like uptime for each machine on the local network; these are formed from packets broadcast by each host on the network once a minute.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rwho

Install rwho Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rwho

Install rwho 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 rwho using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rwho

How To Uninstall rwho on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rwho

Uninstall rwho And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rwho

Remove rwho Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rwho

Remove rwho configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rwho

Dependencies

rwho have the following dependencies:

• rwhod
• libc6

References

• rwho website

Summary

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