How To Install tcpspy on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tcpspy

tcpspy is:

tcpspy is an administrator’s tool that logs information about incoming and outgoing TCP/IP connections. It’s written in C and uses no libpcap functions, unlike tcpdump.

Connections are selected for logging with rules, similarly to the filter expressions accepted by tcpdump. The following information is logged: username, local address and port, remote address and port, and, optionally, the executable filename.

This Debian version supports IPv4 and IPv6.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tcpspy

Install tcpspy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tcpspy

Install tcpspy 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 tcpspy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcpspy

How To Uninstall tcpspy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tcpspy

Uninstall tcpspy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpspy

Remove tcpspy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tcpspy

Remove tcpspy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpspy

Dependencies

tcpspy have the following dependencies:

• lsb-base
• libc6

References

• tcpspy website

Summary

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