How To Install weborf-daemon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install weborf-daemon on Kali Linux. weborf-daemon is init script for weborf

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install weborf-daemon on Kali Linux.

What is weborf-daemon

weborf-daemon is:

Weborf is a configurationless webserver mainly meant to allow users to easily share their directories over the web. Has limited support to webdav, allowing its use by GNOME and KDE filemanagers. It also supports cgi.

This package provides a SystemV daemon to start weborf using init.

There are three methods to install weborf-daemon 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 weborf-daemon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install weborf-daemon

Install weborf-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install weborf-daemon

Install weborf-daemon 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 weborf-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install weborf-daemon

How To Uninstall weborf-daemon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the weborf-daemon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove weborf-daemon

Uninstall weborf-daemon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove weborf-daemon

Remove weborf-daemon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge weborf-daemon

Remove weborf-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weborf-daemon

Dependencies

weborf-daemon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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