How To Install ucspi-unix on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ucspi-unix

ucspi-unix is:

unixclient and unixserver are command-line tools for building UNIX domain client-server applications. unixclient connects to a UNIX domain socket and runs a program of your choice. unixserver creates a UNIX domain socket, waits for incoming connections and, for each connection, runs a program of your choice.

unixclient and unixserver conform to UCSPI, the UNIX Client-Server Program Interface, using UNIX domain sockets. UCSPI tools are available for several different networks.

See http://cr.yp.to/proto/ucspi.txt for more information on UCSPI.

There are three methods to install ucspi-unix 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-unix 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-unix using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ucspi-unix

Install ucspi-unix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ucspi-unix

Install ucspi-unix 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-unix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ucspi-unix

How To Uninstall ucspi-unix on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ucspi-unix

Uninstall ucspi-unix And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ucspi-unix

Remove ucspi-unix Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ucspi-unix

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

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

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

Dependencies

ucspi-unix have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• ucspi-unix website

Summary

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