How To Install windows-binaries on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install windows-binaries on Kali Linux.

What is windows-binaries

windows-binaries is:

A collection of Windows executables for use on penetration tests.

There are three methods to install windows-binaries 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 windows-binaries Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install windows-binaries

Install windows-binaries Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install windows-binaries

Install windows-binaries 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 windows-binaries using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install windows-binaries

How To Uninstall windows-binaries on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the windows-binaries package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove windows-binaries

Uninstall windows-binaries And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove windows-binaries

Remove windows-binaries Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge windows-binaries

Remove windows-binaries configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge windows-binaries

Dependencies

windows-binaries have the following dependencies:

• kali-defaults

References

• windows-binaries website

Summary

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