How To Install webhook on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is webhook

webhook is:

Webhook is a lightweight configurable tool written in Go, that allows you to easily create HTTP endpoints (hooks) on your server, which you can use to execute configured commands. You can also pass data from the HTTP request (such as headers, payload or query variables) to your commands. webhook also allows you to specify rules which have to be satisfied in order for the hook to be triggered.

For example, if you’re using Github or Bitbucket, you can use webhook to set up a hook that runs a redeploy script for your project on your staging server, whenever you push changes to the master branch of your project.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install webhook

Install webhook Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install webhook

Install webhook 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 webhook using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install webhook

How To Uninstall webhook on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove webhook

Uninstall webhook And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove webhook

Remove webhook Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge webhook

Remove webhook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webhook

Dependencies

webhook have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• webhook website

Summary

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