How To Install wifite on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install wifite on Ubuntu 20.04. wifite is Python script to automate wireless auditing using aircrack-ng tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wifite on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is wifite

wifite is:

Wifite is a tool to audit WEP or WPA encrypted wireless networks. It uses aircrack-ng, pyrit, reaver, tshark tools to perform the audit.

This tool is customizable to be automated with only a few arguments and can be trusted to run without supervision.

There are three methods to install wifite on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wifite Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wifite

Install wifite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wifite

Install wifite 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 wifite using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wifite

How To Uninstall wifite on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove wifite

Uninstall wifite And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wifite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wifite

Remove wifite Configurations and Data

To remove wifite configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wifite

Remove wifite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wifite

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wifite package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.