How To Install secpanel on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is secpanel

secpanel is:

SecPanel is a graphical user interface for managining and running secure shell (ssh) and secure network copy (scp) connections via OpenSSH. It eases key distribution and other tasks related to using these programs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install secpanel

Install secpanel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install secpanel

Install secpanel 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 secpanel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install secpanel

How To Uninstall secpanel on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove secpanel

Uninstall secpanel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove secpanel

Remove secpanel Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge secpanel

Remove secpanel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge secpanel

Dependencies

secpanel have the following dependencies:

• tcl
• tk
• openssh-client
• ssh-askpass
• xterm

References

• secpanel website

Summary

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