How To Install vtun on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtun on Kali Linux.
What is vtun
vtun is:
VTun is the easiest way to create virtual tunnels over TCP/IP networks with traffic shaping and compression.
It supports IP, PPP, SLIP, Ethernet and other tunnel types.
VTun is easily and highly configurable, it can be used for various network tasks.
VTun requires the universal TUN/TAP kernel module which can be found at http://vtun.sourceforge.net/tun/index.html or in the 2.4 and newer Linux kernels.
Note: This program includes an “encryption” feature intended to protect the tunneled data as it travels across the network. However, the protocol it uses is known to be very insecure, and you should not rely on it to deter anyone but a casual eavesdropper. See the included README.Encryption file for more information.
There are three methods to install vtun 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 vtun Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vtun using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vtunInstall vtun Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vtun using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vtunInstall vtun 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vtun using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vtunHow To Uninstall vtun on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the vtun package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vtunUninstall vtun And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vtun and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vtunRemove vtun Configurations and Data
To remove vtun configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vtunRemove vtun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vtun configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vtunDependencies
vtun have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtun package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.