How To Install spiderfoot on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is spiderfoot

spiderfoot is:

This package contains an open source intelligence (OSINT) automation tool. Its goal is to automate the process of gathering intelligence about a given target, which may be an IP address, domain name, hostname, network subnet, ASN, e-mail address or person’s name.

SpiderFoot can be used offensively, i.e. as part of a black-box penetration test to gather information about the target, or defensively to identify what information you or your organisation are freely providing for attackers to use against you.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spiderfoot

Install spiderfoot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spiderfoot

Install spiderfoot 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 spiderfoot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spiderfoot

How To Uninstall spiderfoot on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove spiderfoot

Uninstall spiderfoot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spiderfoot

Remove spiderfoot Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge spiderfoot

Remove spiderfoot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spiderfoot

Dependencies

spiderfoot have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• spiderfoot website

Summary

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