How To Install ucspi-proxy on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ucspi-proxy on Kali Linux.

What is ucspi-proxy

ucspi-proxy is:

This package contains a proxy program that passes data back and forth between two connections set up by a UCSPI server and a UCSPI client.

See http://cr.yp.to/proto/ucspi.txt for more information on UCSPI. See http://untroubled.org/ucspi-proxy/ for recent information.

There are three methods to install ucspi-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 ucspi-proxy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ucspi-proxy

Install ucspi-proxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ucspi-proxy

Install ucspi-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install ucspi-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ucspi-proxy

How To Uninstall ucspi-proxy on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ucspi-proxy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ucspi-proxy

Uninstall ucspi-proxy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ucspi-proxy

Remove ucspi-proxy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ucspi-proxy

Remove ucspi-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ucspi-proxy

Dependencies

ucspi-proxy have the following dependencies:

• libbg2
• libc6

References

• ucspi-proxy website

Summary

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