How To Install tmate-ssh-server on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tmate-ssh-server on Kali Linux.

What is tmate-ssh-server

tmate-ssh-server is:

tmate provides an instant pairing solution, allowing you to share a terminal with one or several teammates. Together with a voice call, it’s almost like pairing in person. The terminal sharing works by using SSH connections to backend servers running tmate-ssh-server; teammates need to be given a randomly-generated token to be able to join a session.

tmate is a modified version of tmux, and uses the same configurations such as keybindings, color schemes etc.

This package contains the tmate-ssh-server.

There are three methods to install tmate-ssh-server 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 tmate-ssh-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tmate-ssh-server

Install tmate-ssh-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tmate-ssh-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tmate-ssh-server

Install tmate-ssh-server 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 tmate-ssh-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tmate-ssh-server

How To Uninstall tmate-ssh-server on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tmate-ssh-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tmate-ssh-server

Uninstall tmate-ssh-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tmate-ssh-server

Remove tmate-ssh-server Configurations and Data

To remove tmate-ssh-server configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tmate-ssh-server

Remove tmate-ssh-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tmate-ssh-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tmate-ssh-server

Dependencies

tmate-ssh-server have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libc6
• libevent-2.1-7
• libmsgpackc2
• libssh-4
• libtinfo6
• lsb-base
• openssh-client

References

• tmate-ssh-server website

Summary

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