How To Install squidtaild on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is squidtaild

squidtaild is:

Squidtaild is a very fast, highly configurable Perl program that will dynamically create html pages that display the violations that people have made against one or more of the filters you have applied to the squid proxy logging system.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install squidtaild

Install squidtaild Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install squidtaild

Install squidtaild 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 squidtaild using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install squidtaild

How To Uninstall squidtaild on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove squidtaild

Uninstall squidtaild And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove squidtaild

Remove squidtaild Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge squidtaild

Remove squidtaild configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squidtaild

Dependencies

squidtaild have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• squidtaild website

Summary

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