How To Install themole on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install themole on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is themole
themole is:
The Mole is an automatic SQL Injection exploitation tool. Only by providing a vulnerable URL and a valid string on the site it can detect the injection and exploit it, either by using the union technique or a boolean query based technique.
The Mole uses a command based interface, allowing the user to indicate the action he wants to perform easily. The CLI also provides auto-completion on both commands and command arguments, making the user type as less as possible.
There are three methods to install themole on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install themole Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install themole using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install themole
Install themole Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install themole using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install themole
Install themole Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install themole using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install themole
How To Uninstall themole on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the themole package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove themole
Uninstall themole And Its Dependencies
To uninstall themole and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove themole
Remove themole Configurations and Data
To remove themole configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge themole
Remove themole configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove themole configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge themole
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install themole package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
