How To Install sqlmap on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlmap on Debian 11.
What is sqlmap
sqlmap is:
sqlmap goal is to detect and take advantage of SQL injection vulnerabilities in web applications. Once it detects one or more SQL injections on the target host, the user can choose among a variety of options to perform an extensive back-end database management system fingerprint, retrieve DBMS session user and database, enumerate users, password hashes, privileges, databases, dump entire or user’s specific DBMS tables/columns, run his own SQL statement, read specific files on the file system and more.
There are three methods to install sqlmap on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sqlmap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sqlmap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sqlmap
Install sqlmap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sqlmap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sqlmap
Install sqlmap Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sqlmap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sqlmap
How To Uninstall sqlmap on Debian 11
To uninstall only the sqlmap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sqlmap
Uninstall sqlmap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sqlmap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqlmap
Remove sqlmap Configurations and Data
To remove sqlmap configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sqlmap
Remove sqlmap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sqlmap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sqlmap
Dependencies
sqlmap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqlmap package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.