How To Install webauth-tests on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install webauth-tests on Kali Linux. webauth-tests is Tests for the WebAuth authentication modules

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install webauth-tests on Kali Linux.

What is webauth-tests

webauth-tests is:

WebAuth is a cookie-based web authentication system built on top of Kerberos. It relies on a central authentication server that handles all user authentication for a domain and creates user authentication credentials for any web server that needs strong authentication.

This package contains test HTML files and Apache configuration fragments to test a new installation of the WebAuth modules.

There are three methods to install webauth-tests 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 webauth-tests Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install webauth-tests

Install webauth-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install webauth-tests

Install webauth-tests 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 webauth-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install webauth-tests

How To Uninstall webauth-tests on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the webauth-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove webauth-tests

Uninstall webauth-tests And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove webauth-tests

Remove webauth-tests Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge webauth-tests

Remove webauth-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webauth-tests

Dependencies

webauth-tests have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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