How To Install tidy-proxy on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tidy-proxy on Kali Linux.
What is tidy-proxy
tidy-proxy is:
Tidy-proxy is a small http proxy server written in perl. Using this proxy web-pages are checked for HTML errors with Tidy or Validate while they are downloaded. The results are displayed on top of that page. Tidy-Proxy is mainly intended for developing dynamic web-pages.
There are three methods to install tidy-proxy 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 tidy-proxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tidy-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tidy-proxyInstall tidy-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tidy-proxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tidy-proxyInstall tidy-proxy 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tidy-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tidy-proxyHow To Uninstall tidy-proxy on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the tidy-proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tidy-proxyUninstall tidy-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tidy-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tidy-proxyRemove tidy-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove tidy-proxy configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tidy-proxyRemove tidy-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tidy-proxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tidy-proxyDependencies
tidy-proxy have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tidy-proxy package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.