How To Install snmpcheck on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is snmpcheck

snmpcheck is:

Like to snmpwalk, snmpcheck allows you to enumerate the SNMP devices and places the output in a very human readable friendly format. It could be useful for penetration testing or systems monitoring.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install snmpcheck

Install snmpcheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install snmpcheck

Install snmpcheck 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 snmpcheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install snmpcheck

How To Uninstall snmpcheck on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove snmpcheck

Uninstall snmpcheck And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove snmpcheck

Remove snmpcheck Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge snmpcheck

Remove snmpcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snmpcheck

Dependencies

snmpcheck have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-snmp
• perl
• libnumber-bytes-human-perl
• libnet-snmp-perl

References

• snmpcheck website

Summary

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