How To Install surf on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install surf on Kali Linux. surf is Simple web browser by suckless community

Introduction

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

What is surf

surf is:

surf is a simple web browser based on WebKit/GTK+. It is able to display websites and follow links. It supports the XEmbed protocol which makes it possible to embed it in another application. Furthermore, one can point surf to another URI by setting its XProperties.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install surf

Install surf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install surf

Install surf 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 surf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install surf

How To Uninstall surf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove surf

Uninstall surf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove surf

Remove surf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge surf

Remove surf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge surf

Dependencies

surf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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