How To Install weplab on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is weplab

weplab is:

WepLab is a tool designed to teach how WEP works, what different vulnerabilities it has, and how they can be used in practice to break a WEP protected wireless network.

WepLab can dump network traffic, analyse it or crack the WEP key.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install weplab

Install weplab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install weplab

Install weplab 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 weplab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install weplab

How To Uninstall weplab on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove weplab

Uninstall weplab And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove weplab

Remove weplab Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge weplab

Remove weplab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weplab

Dependencies

weplab have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcap0.8

References

• weplab website

Summary

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