How To Install wfuzz on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wfuzz on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wfuzz
wfuzz is:
Wfuzz is a tool designed for bruteforcing Web Applications, it can be used for finding resources not linked directories, servlets, scripts, etc, bruteforce GET and POST parameters for checking different kind of injections (SQL, XSS, LDAP,etc), bruteforce Forms parameters (User/Password), Fuzzing, etc.
There are three methods to install wfuzz on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wfuzz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wfuzz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wfuzz
Install wfuzz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wfuzz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wfuzz
Install wfuzz Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install wfuzz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wfuzz
How To Uninstall wfuzz on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wfuzz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wfuzz
Uninstall wfuzz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wfuzz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wfuzz
Remove wfuzz Configurations and Data
To remove wfuzz configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wfuzz
Remove wfuzz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wfuzz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wfuzz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wfuzz package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
