How To Install slirp4netns on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns on Kali Linux.

What is slirp4netns

slirp4netns is:

slirp4netns provides user-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces.

slirp4netns allows connecting a network namespace to the Internet in a completely unprivileged way, by connecting a TAP device in a network namespace to the usermode TCP/IP stack (“slirp”).

There are three methods to install slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install slirp4netns using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install slirp4netns

Install slirp4netns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install slirp4netns using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install slirp4netns

Install slirp4netns 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 slirp4netns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install slirp4netns

How To Uninstall slirp4netns on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the slirp4netns package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove slirp4netns

Uninstall slirp4netns And Its Dependencies

To uninstall slirp4netns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove slirp4netns

Remove slirp4netns Configurations and Data

To remove slirp4netns configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge slirp4netns

Remove slirp4netns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove slirp4netns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge slirp4netns

Dependencies

slirp4netns have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libseccomp2
• libslirp0

References

• slirp4netns website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install slirp4netns package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.