How To Install urlscan on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is urlscan

urlscan is:

urlscan searches for URLs in email messages, then displays a list of them in the current terminal. It is primarily meant as a replacement for urlview, which it improves upon in the following ways:

• urlscan understands email encodings such as quoted-printable; urlview does not.
• urlscan extracts and displays the context surrounding each URL.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install urlscan

Install urlscan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install urlscan

Install urlscan 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 urlscan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install urlscan

How To Uninstall urlscan on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove urlscan

Uninstall urlscan And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove urlscan

Remove urlscan Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge urlscan

Remove urlscan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge urlscan

Dependencies

urlscan have the following dependencies:

• python3-urwid
• python3

References

• urlscan website

Summary

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