How To Install tftpd-hpa on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tftpd-hpa on Kali Linux.

What is tftpd-hpa

tftpd-hpa is:

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a file transfer protocol, mainly to serve boot images over the network to other machines (PXE).

tftp-hpa is an enhanced version of the BSD TFTP client and server. It possesses a number of bugfixes and enhancements over the original.

This package contains the server.

There are three methods to install tftpd-hpa 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 tftpd-hpa Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tftpd-hpa

Install tftpd-hpa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tftpd-hpa

Install tftpd-hpa 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 tftpd-hpa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tftpd-hpa

How To Uninstall tftpd-hpa on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tftpd-hpa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tftpd-hpa

Uninstall tftpd-hpa And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tftpd-hpa

Remove tftpd-hpa Configurations and Data

To remove tftpd-hpa configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tftpd-hpa

Remove tftpd-hpa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tftpd-hpa

Dependencies

tftpd-hpa have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libwrap0
• adduser
• debconf

References

• tftpd-hpa website

Summary

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