How To Install sidguesser on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sidguesser

sidguesser is:

Guesses sids/instances against an Oracle database according to a predefined dictionary file. The speed is slow (80-100 guesses per second) but it does the job.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sidguesser

Install sidguesser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sidguesser

Install sidguesser 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 sidguesser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sidguesser

How To Uninstall sidguesser on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sidguesser

Uninstall sidguesser And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sidguesser

Remove sidguesser Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sidguesser

Remove sidguesser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sidguesser

Dependencies

sidguesser have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• sidguesser website

Summary

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