How To Install tcpreen on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpreen on Kali Linux. tcpreen is Simple TCP re-engineering tool

Introduction

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

What is tcpreen

tcpreen is:

TCPreen is a simple tool to monitor and analyze data transmitted between clients and servers through connection-oriented streams data such as a TCP sessions; it supports TCP over either IPv4 or IPv6.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tcpreen

Install tcpreen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tcpreen

Install tcpreen 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 tcpreen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcpreen

How To Uninstall tcpreen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tcpreen

Uninstall tcpreen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpreen

Remove tcpreen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tcpreen

Remove tcpreen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpreen

Dependencies

tcpreen have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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