How To Install sipgrep on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sipgrep

sipgrep is:

Powerful pcap-aware tool command line tool to sniff, capture, display and troubleshoot SIP signaling over IP networks, allowing the user to specify extended regular expressions matching against SIP headers.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sipgrep

Install sipgrep Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sipgrep

Install sipgrep 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 sipgrep using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sipgrep

How To Uninstall sipgrep on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sipgrep

Uninstall sipgrep And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sipgrep

Remove sipgrep Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sipgrep

Remove sipgrep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sipgrep

Dependencies

sipgrep have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcap0.8
• libpcre3

References

• sipgrep website

Summary

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