How To Install udptunnel on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install udptunnel on Kali Linux.

What is udptunnel

udptunnel is:

UDPTunnel is a small program which can tunnel UDP packets bi-directionally over a TCP connection. Its primary purpose (and original motivation) is to allow multi-media conferences to traverse a firewall which allows only outgoing TCP connections. UDPTunnel also can be used for security tests in networks.

There are three methods to install udptunnel 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 udptunnel Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install udptunnel

Install udptunnel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install udptunnel using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install udptunnel

Install udptunnel 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 udptunnel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install udptunnel

How To Uninstall udptunnel on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the udptunnel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove udptunnel

Uninstall udptunnel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove udptunnel

Remove udptunnel Configurations and Data

To remove udptunnel configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge udptunnel

Remove udptunnel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge udptunnel

Dependencies

udptunnel have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libnsl2

References

• udptunnel website

Summary

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