How To Install vpcs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is vpcs

vpcs is:

VPCS can simulate up to 9 PCs. You can ping/traceroute to them or ping/traceroute to other hosts/routers from the VPCS.

VPCS is not intended to be a fully functional PC, but is a tool to be used together with Dynamips.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vpcs

Install vpcs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vpcs

Install vpcs 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 vpcs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vpcs

How To Uninstall vpcs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vpcs

Uninstall vpcs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vpcs

Remove vpcs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vpcs

Remove vpcs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vpcs

Dependencies

vpcs have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• vpcs website

Summary

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