How To Install tcpick on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tcpick

tcpick is:

This libpcap-based textmode sniffer can:

• track, reassemble and reorder TCP streams
• save the captured flows in different files or display them in the terminal
• display all the stream on the terminal with different display modes like hexdump, hexdump + ascii, only printable characters, raw mode, colorized mode …
• handle several network interface types, including ethernet cards and PPP interfaces

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tcpick

Install tcpick Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tcpick

Install tcpick 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 tcpick using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcpick

How To Uninstall tcpick on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tcpick

Uninstall tcpick And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpick

Remove tcpick Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tcpick

Remove tcpick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpick

Dependencies

tcpick have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcap0.8

References

• tcpick website

Summary

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